Culture and development

Culture and development

The relationship between culture and development is generally conceived of in one of two opposing ways: the first view holds that culture can be an obstacle to development and that in some societies progress may be conditional upon cultural change, while the second considers that cultural characteristics are malleable by nature and that they adapt to more fundamental determinants such as technology and economic factors.

Between these two extreme views, there is room for another approach that highlights the effects of mutual influence and mutually reinforcing relationships between culture and development, the various development paths that are possible given the history of each society and the way this history is embodied in its institutions. This leads to the question of how public policy can accelerate economic progress and cultural change, which are regarded as two forces that act on societies in unison.

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Current research

Conducted by Aymeric Blanc:
 
 
·         Trust as a necessary condition for private sector participation in investment. 
A research partnership has been formed (IDS Partnership Report) with the UK’s Institute of Development Studies on the subject of culture and development, in connection with the EUDN conference of 5 December 2007 on this theme. The partnership involves, among other things, a theoretical and empirical study of trust-building across cultures and between partners of different backgrounds in Egypt. The study combines a macroeconomic approach to a given sector with an ethnographic approach showing how trust is built up between partners.
  • Links between culture and development in regulatory institutions.
 

Corresponding research officer

Aymeric Blanc

Results list
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04/03/2011
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AC News
12/10/2010
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Working Paper n°50 | Culture and development : a review of litterature
08/10/2010
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Working Paper n°58 | Is "Good Governance" a Good Development Strategy?
11/10/2010
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Working Paper n°46 | A new institutional DATABASE: “Institutional profiles 2006”
08/10/2010
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Working Paper n°23 | L'AFD et ses partenaires : la dimension culturelle
08/10/2010
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Working Paper n°13 | Legs colonial et gouvernance contemporaine - Note de synthèse
08/10/2010
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Working Paper n°66 | The investment climate in Egypt : Institutions or Relationships as Conditions for Sustainable Reform?
11/10/2010
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Discrimination positive : l'expérience du Sud
21/03/2007
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A qui appartient la planète ?
13/10/2008
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La croissance pro-pauvre dans les années 90
05/04/2007
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Savoirs communs n°1 : Extrême pauvreté et développement
08/02/2008
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Ensemble, de l'urgence au développement
12/12/2007
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L’amour du patrimoine n’est pas un luxe de pays riche
17/09/2007
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Les cultures africaines sont-elles à vendre ? - Richesses artistiques et développement économique
26/03/2007
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WP N°58 | Is "Good Governance" a Good Development Strategy?
11/10/2010
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Working Paper n°66 | The investment climate in Egypt : Institutions or Relationships as Conditions for Sustainable Reform?
11/10/2010
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Working Paper n°46 | A new institutional DATABASE: “Institutional profiles 2006”
08/10/2010
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Working Paper n°66 | The investment climate in Egypt : Institutions or Relationships as Conditions for Sustainable Reform?
11/10/2010
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Working Paper n°58 | Is "Good Governance" a Good Development Strategy?
11/10/2010
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Working Paper n°50 | Culture and development : a review of litterature
08/10/2010
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Notes et Documents N°17 | Poulina, un management tunisien
11/10/2010
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Notes et Documents N°36 | Successful Companies in the Developing World
11/10/2010
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Notes et Documents N°17 | Poulina, un management tunisien
11/10/2010
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Notes et Documents N°28 | Croissance et réformes dans les pays arabes méditerranéens
11/10/2010
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Afrique contemporaine n°233 | L’Afrique, la mondialisation et le ballon rond
13/10/2010
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Afrique Contemporaine n°231 | Economie morale et mutations de l'islam en Afrique subsaharienne
13/10/2010
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Afrique contemporaine n°226 | Culture et développement
13/10/2010
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