Mind, society, and behavior.

Date:
[2015]
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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.

Publication/Creation

Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, [2015]

Physical description

xvii, 215 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Contents

1. Overview: human decision making and development policy -- Part 1. An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic devlopment: a conceptual framework -- Chapter 1. Thinking automatically -- Chapter 2. Thinking socially -- Chapter 3. Thinking with mental models -- Part 2. Psychological and social perspectives on policy -- Chapter 4: Poverty -- Chapter 5: Early childhood development -- Chapter 6: Household finance -- Chapter 7: Productivity -- Chapter 8: Health -- Chapter 9: Climate change -- Part 3. Improving the work of development professionals -- Chapter 10: The biases of development professionals -- Chapter 11: adaptive design, adaptive interventions.

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    Medical Collection
    HD75 2015M66
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  • 9781464803420
  • 1464803420
  • 9781464803444
  • 1464803447