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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... debt of over $ 200 billion . At the end of 1998 , its annual debt service payments to the most prosperous countries amounted to $ 15.2 billion . Curiously , sub- Saharan Africa paid $ 1.51 in debt service to foreign lenders in 1999 for ...
... debt of over $ 200 billion . At the end of 1998 , its annual debt service payments to the most prosperous countries amounted to $ 15.2 billion . Curiously , sub- Saharan Africa paid $ 1.51 in debt service to foreign lenders in 1999 for ...
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... debt of about $ 90 billion , could have their debt reduced by half after HIPC and traditional debt relief . The heavy burden of debt endures The debt burden is highly significant to the well - being of a country , particularly when ...
... debt of about $ 90 billion , could have their debt reduced by half after HIPC and traditional debt relief . The heavy burden of debt endures The debt burden is highly significant to the well - being of a country , particularly when ...
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... debt continues to worsen . This is particularly the case in sub - Saharan Africa , excluding South Africa , where external debt increased from 76 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1985 to 108 per cent in 1997 ( UNICEF 1999 ...
... debt continues to worsen . This is particularly the case in sub - Saharan Africa , excluding South Africa , where external debt increased from 76 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1985 to 108 per cent in 1997 ( UNICEF 1999 ...
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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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