This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

culture in a globalising worldu0092 of 10th May 2007. It highlights some potential points of progress that have been proposed …, while also identifying important issues that require greater clarity. Culture is both a means and an end. The focus of the … documentu0092s proposed actions is on instrumental applications of culture, although its language sometimes seeks to imply …