The cultural foundations of economic development : urban female entrepreneurship in Ghana / Emily Chamlee-Wright.

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Chamlee-Wright, Emily, 1966-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Foundations of the market economy seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780203448335
0203448332
9780415169943
0415169941
0203269454
9780203269459
1134700113
9781134700110
1280218207
9781280218200
9786610218202
661021820X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultural foundations of economic development.DDC classification:

338.9667 21

LOC classification:

HC1060 .C42 1997eb

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Contents:

Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 MARKETS AS AN EXTENSION OF CULTURE -- chapter 2 ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE -- Ghanaian economic performance through an Austrian lens -- chapter 3 THE CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- chapter 4 INDIGENOUS CREDIT, MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETIES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- Prospects and impediments -- chapter 5 TOWARDS AN INTERPRETIVE ECONOMICS: THREE PROFILES OF URBAN MARKET WOMEN 160 167 172 -- Three profiles of urban market women / Abiba Anna Mary -- chapter 6 CONCLUSION -- Culture and economic development within the subjectivist framework.

Summary: This book argues that international aid programmes are unsuccessful for indigenous African institutions because it is based on mainstream economic theory which is fundamentally acultural which does not understand their cultural context.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.

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This book argues that international aid programmes are unsuccessful for indigenous African institutions because it is based on mainstream economic theory which is fundamentally acultural which does not understand their cultural context.

English.

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