Becker, Pia: Contextual solutions for institutional reforms in developing countries: the case of Tanzania and Uganda. 2019
Inhalt
- Contents
- Acknowledgment
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Tables
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Institutions, Context, and Culture: Some Theoretical Foundations
- 1.2 Catch-Up Development through the Lens of Contextual Economics
- 1.3 Qualitative Methods to Study Institutional Reforms
- 1.4 The Case of Tanzania and Uganda
- 1.5 Methods
- 1.6 Structure of the Thesis and Personal Effort of the Candidate
- 2 Political Economy as Contextual Economics
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Political Power and State Violence as Links between Political and Economic Sphere
- 2.3 The Role of Institutions in Processes of Catch-Up Development
- 2.4 The Contextual Economics Approach
- 2.5 Conclusion
- 3 Contextual Economics as Second-Best Economics
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 From the Second-Best Theorem to Second-Best Institutions
- 3.3 The Role of Institutions and Individuals for Institutional Change
- 3.4 Second-Best Institutions as Contextual Solutions
- 3.5 Implementing Second-Best Institutions in Practice
- 3.6 Conclusion
- 4 Fitting by Adjusting
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Local Development Consultants as Cultural Interpreters
- 4.3 Methods
- 4.4 Results
- 4.5 Discussion
- 4.6 Conclusion
- Appendix
- References