Two Concepts of Causation: Implications for Poverty
Two Concepts of Causation: Implications for Poverty
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因果关系的两个概念：对贫困的影响
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2015
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Paul Shaffer
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Paul Shaffer
type=“main”>这篇文章试图提请发展研究的读者注意因果关系文献中的一个区别，并说明它对贫困的重要性。区别在于“差异制造”和“生产”之间的因果关系的描述。有人认为，“创造差异/生产”的区别是关于如何评估发展方案的影响、如何理解贫穷的原因以及如何设想消除或减少贫穷的责任的应用辩论的根源。理解这些基本差异对于揭露应用辩论中的错误、澄清实际方法选择的原因、解释相互矛盾的研究结果以及阐明不同政策处方的原因至关重要。
type="main"> This article seeks to bring to the attention of a readership in development studies a distinction in the literature on causation, and to show how it matters for poverty. The distinction is between ‘difference-making’ and ‘production’ as a depiction of the causal relationship. It is argued that the ‘difference-making/production’ distinction lies at the root of applied debates about how to assess the impact of development programmes, how to understand the causation of poverty and how to conceive of duties to eliminate or reduce poverty. Understanding such foundational differences is important in order to expose error in applied debates, to clarify the reasons for actual methodological choice, to explain conflicting research results and to shed light on the reasons for differing policy prescriptions.