Complex Systems Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non-linear RealitiesZed Books, 2002 - 280 من الصفحات This book could change Development. Here, for the first time, Development Studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. In the natural sciences these new ideas have usurped Newtonian certainties about the simple linearity of physical phenomena, causality and certainty. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity and unpredictability. Well written and ranging widely over evolving economic thinking, specific country experiences and development issues, the book explains the key concepts developed by complex adaptive systems thinking and applies them, showing their power to explain. Rihani examines various aspects of the development process - including the World Bank, debt, and the struggle against poverty - and demonstrates the limitations of fundamentally linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world. Little wonder, he concludes, that the results of half a century of development effort have been so disappointing. Applying these ideas to the unpredictable social processes which development thinkers seek to understand and direct could make an unexpectedly important contribution not only theoretically, but to the actual policies and practice of development. |
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... billion people lived in economies that could be called market- oriented ; today , the figure is around 5 billion . ' That after all was the main aim it seems , but that did not materially improve conditions for the billions whose ...
... billion people lived in economies that could be called market- oriented ; today , the figure is around 5 billion . ' That after all was the main aim it seems , but that did not materially improve conditions for the billions whose ...
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... billion . Astoundingly , despite this enormous transfer of wealth , their debt burden , which was some $ 800 billion in 1983 , reached $ 1,500 billion by 1990 and nearly $ 2,000 billion by 1997 ' ( UNICEF 1999 : 28 ) . The debt of sub ...
... billion . Astoundingly , despite this enormous transfer of wealth , their debt burden , which was some $ 800 billion in 1983 , reached $ 1,500 billion by 1990 and nearly $ 2,000 billion by 1997 ' ( UNICEF 1999 : 28 ) . The debt of sub ...
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... billion in 1970. In 1975 , 1,700 planes were shipped with a value of $ 4 billion . In 1980 , 1,000 aircraft cost $ 6 billion . And in 1985 the number sold dropped to 919 , but the value had trebled to $ 18 billion . ' Clearly , several ...
... billion in 1970. In 1975 , 1,700 planes were shipped with a value of $ 4 billion . In 1980 , 1,000 aircraft cost $ 6 billion . And in 1985 the number sold dropped to 919 , but the value had trebled to $ 18 billion . ' Clearly , several ...
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ONE THE WHOLE CASE IN A NUTSHELL | 1 |
TWO A FALSE SENSE OF ORDER | 18 |
THREE ANCIENT ROOTS TO MODERN IDEOLOGIES | 46 |
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