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| ISBN: | 9780226029184
0226029182
0226029166
9780226029160
0226029174
9780226029177
1282426095
9781282426092
9786612426094
6612426098
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
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| Summary: | Humans are plagued by shortsighted thinking, preferring to put off work on complex, deep-seated, or difficult problems in favor of quick-fix solutions to immediate needs. When short-term thinking is applied to economic development, especially in fragile nations, the results--corruption, waste, and faulty planning--are often disastrous. In Bringing in the Future, William Ascher draws on the latest research from psychology, economics, institutional design, and legal theory to suggest strategies to overcome powerful obstacles to long-term planning in developing countries. Drawing on cases from Afri.
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| Other form: | Print version: Ascher, William. Bringing in the future. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009 9780226029160
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| Standard no.: | 9780226029160
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