Mind, society and behavior
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Development economics and policy are due for a redesign. In the past few decades, research from across the natural and social sciences has provided stunning insight into the way people think and make decisions. Whereas the first generation of development policy was based on the assumption that humans make decisions deliberatively and independently, and on the basis of consistent and self-interested preferences, recent research shows that decision making rarely proceeds this way. People think au…
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- Full title :Mind, society and behavior / the World Bank.
Summary
Development economics and policy are due for a redesign. In the past few decades, research from across the natural and social sciences has provided stunning insight into the way people think and make decisions. Whereas the first generation of development policy was based on the assumption that humans make decisions deliberatively and independently, and on the basis of consistent and self-interested preferences, recent research shows that decision making rarely proceeds this way. People think automatically: when deciding, they usually draw on what comes to mind effortlessly. People also think s.
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- Publication Date:©2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank
- Place of Publication:Washington, DC
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
Notes
"A World Bank Group flagship report."
"This Report was prepared by a team led by Karla Hoff and Varun Gauri and comprising Sheheryar Banuri, Stephen Commins, Allison Demeritt, Anna Fruttero, Alaka Holla, and Ryan Muldoon, with additional contributions from Elisabeth Beasley, Saugato Datta, Anne Fernald, Emanuela Galasso, Kenneth Leonard, Dhushyanth Raju, Stefan Trautmann, Michael Woolcock, and Bilal Zia. Research analysts Scott Abrahams, Hannah Behrendt, Amy Packard Corenswet, Adam Khorakiwala, Nandita Krishnaswamy, Sana Rafiq, Pauline Rouyer, James Walsh, and Nan Zhou completed the team. The work was carried out under the general direction of Kaushik Basu and Indermit Gill."--Acknowledgments
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 215 pages) : : illustrations (some colour)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781464803437, 1464803439
- oclc:ocn898196469
- LC Classification:HD75
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Human decision making and development policy; Three principles of human decision making; Boxes; 0.1 The evolution of thinking in economics about human decision making; Tables; 0.1 6 People have two systems of thinking; Figures; 0.1 Automatic thinking gives us a partial view of the world; 0.2 Reframing decisions can improve welfare: The case of payday borrowing; 0.3 What others think, expect, and do influences our preferences and decisions.
0.4 In experimental situations, most people behave as conditional cooperators rather than free riders0.5 Thinking draws on mental models; 0.6 Cuing a stigmatized or entitled identity can affect students' performance; Psychological and social perspectives on policy; 0.2 13 Examples of highly cost-effective behavioral interventions; 0.7 There is greater variation across countries in cognitive caregiving than in socioemotional caregiving; 0.8 Clarifying a form can help borrowers find a better loan product; The work of development professionals; References.
0.9 Understanding behavior and identifying effective interventions are complex and iterative processesPart 1: An expanded un…
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