Geography versus institutions and sub-Saharan aid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2639860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris W Callaghan (0000-0002-6554-8363, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1817-4434 • E-ISSN: 2415-2005 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/td.v13i1.355 |
| OpenAlex | W2591910850 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This article sets out to review two opposing viewpoints in the literature, namely long-standing geographic versus institutionalist perspectives and their opposing predictions for development of poor countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa. A special focus is on the differing predictions of the effectiveness of aid of these two perspectives. On the basis of a consideration of different literatures and final Millenium Development Report, it is argued that 'Big Push' theory may still offer important theoretical and practical development contributions. Arguably, these contributions echo Keynes's legacy in their consideration of the most vulnerable and marginalised. It is also argued that a global birth lottery allocates people to countries and regions with unequal opportunities and that a normative argument can be made to justify aid to mitigate birth lottery effects
Big push model · Developing country · Development economics · Development studies · Development theory · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Lottery · Normative · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Viewpoints · Economic Growth and Development · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · International Development and Aid · Law
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