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| Author: | Kuran, T. |
| Title: | Islam and underdevelopment: an old puzzle revisited |
| Journal: | Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
1997 : MAR, VOL. 153:1, p. 41-71 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC THEORY ISLAM ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The world's predominantly Muslim countries have long been underdeveloped. This paper classifies, critiques, and extends the mechanisms that have been proposed as explanations for the pattern. One mechanism involves the use of Islam to legitimize worldviews that served vested interests. Another emphasizes religious obstacles to free thinking and innovation. And still another focuses on communalist norms that dampened incentives to develop capitalist economic institutions. None of these explanations elucidates why groups without any stake in the impediments to growth failed to bring about major reforms. |
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