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History, historians and development policy : a necessary dialogue / edited by C.A. Bayly ... [et al.].
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Edited by Manchester University Press. Manchester - 2011
Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues.
1. How and why history matters for development policy- Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra Rao -- 2. 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 -- Social Protection -- 3. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law- Richard Smith -- 4. Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges- R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy?- Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health -- 5. Health in India since Independence- Sunil S. Amrith -- 6. Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century- Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults?-David Hall-Mathews -- Public education -- 7. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century- David Vincent -- 8. The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history- Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education- Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management -- 9. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900- Paul Warde -- 10. 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 -- Index.
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