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Indigenous and Colonial Origins of Comparative Economic Development : The Case of Colonial India and Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBayly, C. A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-25T18:49:25Z
dc.date.available2012-05-25T18:49:25Z
dc.date.issued2008-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper concerns the institutional origins of economic development, emphasizing the cases of nineteenth-century India and Africa. Colonial institutions-the law, western style property rights, newspapers and statistical analysis-played an important part in the emergence of Indian public and commercial life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These institutions existed in the context of a state that was extractive and yet dependent on indigenous cooperation in many areas, especially in the case of the business class. In such conditions, Indian elites were critical in creating informal systems of peer-group education, enhancing aspiration through the use of historicist and religious themes and in creating a "benign sociology" of India as a prelude to development. Indigenous ideologies and practices were as significant in this slow enhancement of Indian capabilities as transplanted colonial ones. Contemporary development specialists would do well to consider the merits of indigenous forms of association and public debate, religious movements and entrepreneurial classes. Over much of Asia and Africa, the most successful enhancement of people's capabilities has come through the action of hybrid institutions of this type.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8941952/indigenous-colonial-origins-comparative-economic-development-case-colonial-india-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4474
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6450
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4474
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRARIAN SOCIETY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANCIENT SYSTEM
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGISTS
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGY
dc.subjectBASIC
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBEST PRACTICE
dc.subjectBOND
dc.subjectBONDS
dc.subjectBUSINESS COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCAPITALISM
dc.subjectCENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectCHECKS
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOLONIAL PERIOD
dc.subjectCOLONIALISM
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCOMPANY
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE HISTORY
dc.subjectCONSOLIDATION
dc.subjectCONTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCORPORATE BODIES
dc.subjectCORPORATE ENTERPRISE
dc.subjectCULTURAL PERFORMANCES
dc.subjectCULTURES
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDELTA
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectDEPENDENCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEPENDENCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC EXPANSION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC HISTORIANS
dc.subjectECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectESSAYS
dc.subjectESTATES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY FIRM
dc.subjectFAMILY STRUCTURES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFIRST GENERATION
dc.subjectFRANCHISE
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHISTORIANS
dc.subjectHISTORICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectHISTORICAL DATA
dc.subjectHISTORICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectHISTORIOGRAPHY
dc.subjectHORN OF AFRICA
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCORPORATED
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINFERENCE
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL HISTORY
dc.subjectINVESTIGATION
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLACK OF EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectLIMITED
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMIDDLE AGES
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectMISSIONARIES
dc.subjectMONOPOLISTS
dc.subjectMONOPOLY
dc.subjectMUNICIPALITIES
dc.subjectMYTH
dc.subjectNATIONALISM
dc.subjectNORTH AFRICA
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectPHILOSOPHY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
dc.subjectPRESERVATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPROPRIETARY
dc.subjectPROPRIETORSHIP
dc.subjectPROSPERITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectRAPID DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRATE OF GROWTH
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectRELIGION
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
dc.subjectSAHARA
dc.subjectSALARIES
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIP
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSLAVERY
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUPS
dc.subjectSOCIAL HISTORY
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROCESSES
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGY
dc.subjectSOURCES OF INCOME
dc.subjectSTATE ACTION
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTEMPLE
dc.subjectTOWNS
dc.subjectTRADITION
dc.subjectTRADITIONS
dc.subjectTRAVELS
dc.subjectUNION
dc.subjectVALUABLE
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWEALTH CREATION
dc.subjectWESTERN EUROPE
dc.subjectWORLD HISTORY
dc.subjectWRITERS
dc.titleIndigenous and Colonial Origins of Comparative Economic Development : The Case of Colonial India and Africaen
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okr.crossref.titleIndigenous And Colonial Origins Of Comparative Economic Development : The Case Of Colonial India And Africa
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okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4474
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicCulture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topicLaw and Development::Corporate Law
okr.topicCulture and Development::Cultural Policy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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