The Cultural Roots of Effective Institutions
In many countries, the resistances that obstruct the setting-up of development-enhancing forms of governance are problematic. In many cases, these resistances are linked to firmly anchored beliefs that have to do with to the proper ways of acting i...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/493941487585884137/World-development-report-2017-The-cultural-roots-of-effective-institutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26208 |
| Summary: | In many countries, the resistances that
obstruct the setting-up of development-enhancing forms of
governance are problematic. In many cases, these resistances
are linked to firmly anchored beliefs that have to do with
to the proper ways of acting in society. For many years,
much was expected from a cultural modernization that was to
bring about a radical change in attitudes and beliefs. But
in many places, the positive behavioral changes observed
seem to relate more to making the most of the potentialities
inherent to the cultures concerned. This paper begins in
analyzing how the appeal of such positive potentialities has
materialized in the countries that served as the
laboratories of modernity. The second part is grounded in
observations made in emerging countries, identifying modern
institutional systems that best take advantage of the
cultural context. This paper shown that successful
organizations make good creative use of the local cultural context. |
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