Mind, society, and behavior
Series: World development report -- 2015; World development report -- 2015.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781464803420; 9781464803444
Subjects: Human behavior; Risk management; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Psychological aspects; Economic development
Description: "This Report aims to inspire and guide the researchers and practitioners who can help advance a new set of development approaches based on a fuller consideration of psychological and social influences." - p. 2
Table of contents: title: 1. Overview: human decision making and development policy; title: Part 1. An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic development: a conceptual framework; title: Chapter 1. Thinking automatically; title: Chapter 2. Thinking socially; title: Chapter 3. Thinking with mental models; title: Part 2. Psychological and social perspectives on policy; title: Chapter 4: Poverty; title: Chapter 5: Early childhood development; title: Chapter 6: Household finance; title: Chapter 7: Productivity; title: Chapter 8: Health; title: Chapter 9: Climate change; title: Part 3. Improving the work of development professionals; title: Chapter 10: The biases of development professionals; title: Chapter 11: adaptive design, adaptive interventions.