Complex systems theory and development practice : understanding non-linear realities / Samir Rihani ; with a foreword by Hernando de Soto.
"Here, for the first time, development studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development, ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity, and unpredictability. Rihani examines various...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books,
2002.
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| Summary: | "Here, for the first time, development studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development, ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity, and unpredictability. Rihani examines various aspects of the development process - including the World Bank, debt, and the struggle against poverty - and demonstrates the limitations of fundamentally linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 280 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1842770462 9781842770467 1842770470 9781842770474 |