How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy?
The consensus among scholars and policymakers that "institutions matter" for development has led inexorably to a conclusion that "history matters," since institutions clearly form and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, th...
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ABUSE AID ASIAN HISTORY BASIC BASIC EDUCATION BELIEFS BRIDGE CITIES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CRAFT CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL HISTORY CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DEBT DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DIVERSITY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ECONOMISTS EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ESSAYS ETHNOGRAPHY FREE TRADE GENDER RELATIONS GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HISTORIANS HISTORICAL EVENTS HISTORICAL RESEARCH HISTORICAL STUDIES HISTORIOGRAPHY HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN SOCIETIES IMMIGRANTS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INFANT INFERENCE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTION BUILDING INTELLECTUAL HISTORY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LAND OWNERSHIP LANGUAGES LEARNING LEGACIES LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEMORY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINING MODERNIZATION MODERNIZATION THEORY MORALS MORTALITY MYTHS NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONALISM NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY PEER EDUCATION PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREMATURE DEATH PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPHERE READING RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RITUALS RULE OF LAW SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILLED LABOUR SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIES TRADITION TRADITIONAL WAYS TRADITIONS WEALTH WORLD HISTORY |
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ABUSE AID ASIAN HISTORY BASIC BASIC EDUCATION BELIEFS BRIDGE CITIES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CRAFT CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL HISTORY CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DEBT DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DIVERSITY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ECONOMISTS EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ESSAYS ETHNOGRAPHY FREE TRADE GENDER RELATIONS GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HISTORIANS HISTORICAL EVENTS HISTORICAL RESEARCH HISTORICAL STUDIES HISTORIOGRAPHY HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN SOCIETIES IMMIGRANTS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INFANT INFERENCE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTION BUILDING INTELLECTUAL HISTORY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LAND OWNERSHIP LANGUAGES LEARNING LEGACIES LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEMORY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINING MODERNIZATION MODERNIZATION THEORY MORALS MORTALITY MYTHS NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONALISM NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY PEER EDUCATION PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREMATURE DEATH PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPHERE READING RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RITUALS RULE OF LAW SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILLED LABOUR SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIES TRADITION TRADITIONAL WAYS TRADITIONS WEALTH WORLD HISTORY Woolcock, Michael Szreter, Simon Rao, Vijayendra How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5425 |
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The consensus among scholars and
policymakers that "institutions matter" for
development has led inexorably to a conclusion that
"history matters," since institutions clearly form
and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next
logical step has not yet been taken, which is to recognize
that historians (and not only economic historians) might
also have useful and distinctive insights to offer. This
paper endeavors to open and sustain a constructive dialogue
between history -- understood as both "the past"
and "the discipline" -- and development policy by
(a) clarifying what the craft of historical scholarship
entails, especially as it pertains to understanding causal
mechanisms, contexts, and complex processes of institutional
change; (b) providing examples of historical research that
support, qualify, or challenge the most influential research
(by economists and economic historians) in contemporary
development policy; and (c) offering some general principles
and specific implications that historians, on the basis of
the distinctive content and method of their research, bring
to development policy debates. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Woolcock, Michael Szreter, Simon Rao, Vijayendra |
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Woolcock, Michael Szreter, Simon Rao, Vijayendra |
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Woolcock, Michael |
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? |
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how and why does history matter for development policy? |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-39092021-04-23T14:02:13Z How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? Woolcock, Michael Szreter, Simon Rao, Vijayendra ABUSE AID ASIAN HISTORY BASIC BASIC EDUCATION BELIEFS BRIDGE CITIES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CRAFT CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL HISTORY CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DEBT DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DIVERSITY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ECONOMISTS EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ESSAYS ETHNOGRAPHY FREE TRADE GENDER RELATIONS GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HISTORIANS HISTORICAL EVENTS HISTORICAL RESEARCH HISTORICAL STUDIES HISTORIOGRAPHY HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN SOCIETIES IMMIGRANTS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INFANT INFERENCE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTION BUILDING INTELLECTUAL HISTORY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LAND OWNERSHIP LANGUAGES LEARNING LEGACIES LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEMORY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINING MODERNIZATION MODERNIZATION THEORY MORALS MORTALITY MYTHS NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONALISM NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY PEER EDUCATION PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREMATURE DEATH PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPHERE READING RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RITUALS RULE OF LAW SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILLED LABOUR SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIES TRADITION TRADITIONAL WAYS TRADITIONS WEALTH WORLD HISTORY The consensus among scholars and policymakers that "institutions matter" for development has led inexorably to a conclusion that "history matters," since institutions clearly form and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next logical step has not yet been taken, which is to recognize that historians (and not only economic historians) might also have useful and distinctive insights to offer. This paper endeavors to open and sustain a constructive dialogue between history -- understood as both "the past" and "the discipline" -- and development policy by (a) clarifying what the craft of historical scholarship entails, especially as it pertains to understanding causal mechanisms, contexts, and complex processes of institutional change; (b) providing examples of historical research that support, qualify, or challenge the most influential research (by economists and economic historians) in contemporary development policy; and (c) offering some general principles and specific implications that historians, on the basis of the distinctive content and method of their research, bring to development policy debates. 2012-03-19T18:41:58Z 2012-03-19T18:41:58Z 2010-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100920090115 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3909 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5425 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |