Informal Institutions [E-Book]: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development /

Informal Institutions [E-Book]: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development / edited by Johannes Jütting ... [et al]

Informal institutions — family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms — not only matter for development, but they are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes in environments of weak states and poor governance structures. Based on concrete examples in the areas of gender equal...

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Jütting, Johannes.
Drechsler, Denis. / Bartsch, Sebastian. / de Soysa, Indra.
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007
174 p. ; 16x23cm.
englisch
9789264039070
10.1787/9789264039070-en
Development Centre Studies
Development
Governance



  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Opening Remarks by the Secretary-General of the OECD
  • Introduction and Overview by Johannes Jütting, Denis Drechsler, Sebastian Bartsch, and Indra de Soysa
  • PART I. INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS; FRIEND OR FOE OF DEVELOPMENT?
  • Chapter 1. A Policy Perspective from South Africa by Susan van der Merwe
  • Chapter 2. Informal Institutions and Development: How They Matter and What Makes Them Change by Indra de Soysa and Johannes Jütting
  • In Focus: Defining (Informal) Institutions by Jante Parlevliet
  • PART II. INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN THREE KEY AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT: GENDER EQUALITY, GOVERNANCE, AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter 3. Informal Institutions and Gender Equality by Gita Sen
  • In Focus: The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base by Denis Drechsler
  • Discussion Report: Gender Equality by Laila Abdallah
  • Chapter 4. Governance and Accountability: How Do the Formal and Informal Interplay and Change? by Nils Boesen
  • In Focus: Governance Indicators and Informal Institutions by Charles Oman
  • Discussion Report: Governance, Accountability and Capacity Development by Nicolas Meisel
  • Chapter 5. Private Sector Development: How Business Interacts with Informal Institutions by Stephen Nicholas and Elizabeth Maitland
  • In Focus: Growth of the Tanzanian Firm Sector: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions by Marion J. Eeckhout
  • Discussion Rerport: Private Sector Development by Felicity Proctor
  • PART III. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHAT CAN WE DO?
  • Chapter 6. Policy Implications: A DAC Perspective on Donor Policy and Practice by Richard Manning and Eduard Westreicher
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions and Outlook by Johannes Jütting, Denis Drechsler, Sebastian Bartsch, and Indra de Soysa
  • Programme
  • List of Authors
  • List of Participants