World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, Behavior
2015
This report discusses the psychological and social underpinnings of behavior for those involved in global economic and health development. Issued by The World Bank in its annual World Development Report series, Mind, Society, and Behavior shows how paying attention to how humans think (the processes of mind) and how history and context shape thinking (the influence of society) can improve the design and implementation of development policies and interventions that target human choice and action (behavior). The report draws on findings from many disciplines, including neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, political science, and anthropology. In ongoing research, these findings help explain decisions that individuals make in many aspects of development, including savings, investment, energy consumption, health, and child rearing. The findings also enhance the understanding of how collective behaviors—such as widespread trust or widespread corruption—develop and become entrenched in a society. The findings apply not only to individuals in developing countries but also to development professionals, who are themselves prone to error when decision-making contexts are complex.
World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, Behavior
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World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior. The World Bank Group 2015. http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2015.