ABSTRACT
A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying development economics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 8|24 pages
Social divisions within schools
How school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices
chapter 9|28 pages
Smallholder identities and social networks
The challenge of improving productivity and welfare
chapter 11|20 pages
Coping with disaster
Morals, markets, and mutual insurance—using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch
chapter 15|42 pages
Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities
Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands
