The cultural foundations of economic development : urban female entrepreneurship in Ghana

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The cultural foundations of economic development : urban female entrepreneurship in Ghana

Emily Chamlee-Wright

(Foundations of the market economy series / edited by Mario J. Rizzo and Lawrence H. White)

Routledge, 1997

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Bibliography: p. 185-197

Includes index

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Description

Chalmlee-Wright argues that international aid programmes have often been unsuccessful because they are imported. The economics of the Austrian School provide a far stronger theoretical framework which can introduce cultural analysis into questions of economic development and other market processes.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One. Markets as an Extension of Culture Chapter Two. Economic and Cultural Knowledge: Ghanaian Economic Performance Through an Austrian Lens Chapter Three. The Cultural Foundation of Indigenous Entrepreneurship Chapter Four. Indigenous Credit, Mutual Assistance Societies and Economic Development: Prospects and Impediments Chapter Five. Towards an Interpretive Economics: Three Profiles of Urban Market Women Chapter Six. Conclusion. Culture and Economic Development within the Subjectivist Framework Bibliography.

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