| Summary: |
Regarding the relationship between culture and development, two
radically opposed views are possible. The first view asserts that
culture may block development and, unless cultural changes take
place, the societies concerned will prove unable to go ahead. The
second view, on the contrary, contends that cultural traits are
essentially malleable and adapt to more fundamental determinants
such as technological and economic factors. How can we go beyond
these two extreme views and how policy makers could intervene to
accelerate economic progress and cultural change when the two are
interrelated forces driving societies? The conference aims at promoting
a constructive dialogue between multidisciplinary academic research
and operational expertise, in order to exchange views on this topic
and explore lessons and perspectives for ODA policies.
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