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
(Foundations of the market economy series / edited by Mario J. Rizzo and Lawrence H. White)
Routledge, 1997
Available at 25 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 185-197
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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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