Reflexivity and Development Economics: Methodology, Policy and Practice

232 Pages·2009·1.54 MB·English

by  Daniel Gay (auth.)

Reflexivity and Development Economics
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Reflexivity and
Development Economics
Methodology, Policy and Practice
Daniel Gay
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Acknowledgements x
1 Introduction 1
Part I
2 BeyondModernismandPostmodernism 13
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Areviewofmodernismandpostmodernism 14
2.3 Open-systemsapproaches 21
2.4 Conclusion 37
3 TheoriesofReflexivity 40
3.1 Introduction 40
3.2 Reflexivityandanthropology 41
3.3 PierreBourdieu 44
3.4 Thesociologyofscientificknowledge 50
3.5 Reflexivityandmodernity 52
3.6 Conclusion 56
4 ReflexivityandDevelopmentEconomics 59
4.1 Introduction 59
4.2 TheWashingtonConsensusandafter 60
4.3 ThemodernismoftheWashingtonConsensus 64
4.4 Othertheories 66
4.5 Whyreflexivitymatters 83
4.6 Ataxonomyofreflexivedevelopmentpractice 87
4.7 Conclusion 95
Part II
5 IntroductiontotheCaseStudies 101
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6 Vanuatu:TheAnti-CrusoeEconomy 108
6.1 Introduction 108
6.2 Theinfluenceofexternalvaluesandnorms 110
6.3 Theimportanceoflocalcontext 125
6.4 Howeconomictools,conceptsandpolicies
affectedthemselves 128
6.5 Therevisionoftheoryascircumstanceschanged 133
6.6 Conclusion 139
Appendix1:SummaryofhowtheComprehensiveReform
Programme(CRP)inVanuaturelatedtothe10pointsof
theWashingtonConsensus 142
Summary 145
7 Singapore:TheLionizedCity 146
7.1 Introduction 146
7.2 Theinfluenceofexternalvaluesandnorms 148
7.3 Theimportanceoflocalcontext 156
7.4 Howeconomictools,conceptsandpolicies
affectedthemselves 162
7.5 Therevisionoftheoryascircumstanceschanged 167
7.6 Conclusion 170
Appendix2:SummaryofhowSingaporeandevelopment
policiesrelatetothe10pointsoftheWashington
Consensus 173
Summary 177
8 Comparisons 179
8.1 Introduction 179
8.2 AcomparisonofSingaporeandVanuatu 179
8.3 Lessons 185
8.4 Conclusion 189
9 Conclusions 192
Notes 198
Bibliography 204
Index 217
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
6.1 VanuaturealGDPgrowthandpercapitaGDP,1997–2005 117
6.2 Vanuatupublicdebt,millionvatu,1980–2005 124
6.3 Vanuatudebtservicing,millionvatu,1997–2012 125
7.1 SingaporeGDPgrowthrateandUS$percapitaGDP,
1960–2004 147
7.2 Singaporeexternaldebt,1984–2004 154
Tables
6.1 Vanuatutradetrends,millionvatu,1983–2005 111
6.2 VanuatuBalanceofPayments2004–5,VTmillion 112
6.3 AsianDevelopmentBankloanstoVanuatu,US$million 123
7.1 Balanceofpayments,1965–95,millionSingaporedollars 150
7.2 Percentagechangeinrealwagesandproductivity,
Singapore,1992–2003 165
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