History, Historians and Development Policy A Necessary Dialogue
- New Delhi Orient Longman Ltd 2012
- 276p
includes index and biblioraphy
Overview of key issues How and why history matters for development policy Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter andVijayendra Rao Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: the case of colonial India and Africa C.A. Bayly Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse Uma Kothari Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues Sodd protection Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of poor relief provisions under the English Old Poor Law Richard M. Smith Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges R. Bin Wbng Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? Ravi Kanbur Public health Health in India since independence Sunil S.Anrith Healthcare policy for American Indians since the early twentieth century Stephen J. Kunitz Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? David Hall-Mathews Public education The end of literacy: the growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century David Vincent The tools of transition: education and development in modern Southeast Asian history Tim Harper Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in schooling Lont Pritchett Natural resource management Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 PauIWarde Special rights in property: why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources Keith Breckenridge Commentary: Natural resources and development ¿ which histories matter? Mick Moore