World Development

The impact of local culture and traditional social organization on the development of Africa and Asia:New maps, data banks and empirical findings.

Leading assumptions

1. Cultural values need structural interpretation.
2. History is a resource of social capital.
3. The cultural heritage of nations is grounded on local traditions.
4. Catch-up development depends on pre-colonial complexity.
5. Development trajectories reflect the the cultural heritage of both, the pre-colonial social structures and colonial experience.

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Research has been supported by:
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
and other funding agencies.

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