Economic Complexity and Human Development How economic diversification and social networks affect human agency and welfare
This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development. While economic diversification can provide valuable new social choices and capabilities, it also tends to lead to more complex decision...
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| Format: | E-Book Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford
Routledge
2014
Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Ausgabe: | 1 |
| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge Studies in Development Economics |
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| ISBN: | 0415858917, 0367868482, 9780367868482, 9780415858915, 1135118949, 9781135119010, 1135119015, 0203722086, 9781135118945, 1135118876, 9781135118877, 9780203722084 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development. While economic diversification can provide valuable new social choices and capabilities, it also tends to lead to more complex decision processes and changes to the set of capabilities required by people to self-determine their future. Within this process of structural transformation, social networks are crucial for accessing information and social support, but networks can also be a root cause of exclusion and inequality reproduction. This implies the need to encourage innovation and economic diversification beyond production expansion, focusing on the promotion of human agency and social inclusion. This book provides such a modern perspective on development economics, emphasizing the role of social networks, economic diversity and entrepreneurship for social welfare. The author discusses how innovation, social networks, economic dynamics and human development are interlinked, and provides several practical examples of social and micro-entrepreneurship in contexts as diverse as Peruvian rural villages and Brazil’s urban areas. The interdisciplinary perspective put forward in this book illustrates theoretical and methodological methods of exploring the complexity of development in a practical and relevant way. It also provides useful information about structural factors which need to be considered by practitioners when designing pro-poor growth policies. Furthermore, the coverage of the core concepts of innovation, networks and development economics, enriched with multiple examples, makes it a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students of modern development economics. |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-213) and index |
| ISBN: | 0415858917 0367868482 9780367868482 9780415858915 1135118949 9781135119010 1135119015 0203722086 9781135118945 1135118876 9781135118877 9780203722084 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9780203722084 |