the quality of a country’s economic institutions. For instance, distance from the equator in latitude degrees is … positively correlated to both institutional quality and to levels of economic development. In order to reach a better … understanding for this type of regularities, this article reviews the growing empirical literature on geography and institutions, as …

disseminate quality research about the vital relationships among institutions, entrepreneurship and economic outcomes. JEPP?'s aim … is to improve the quality of scholarly and public discourse about entrepreneurship and development policies. In general … development. Originality/value – The editorial describes the thinking behind JEPP, and the journal's objectives. JEPP welcomes all …

planning scholars, may help development scholars understand processes of institutional change. Second, some patterns, such as …

development. One view is that the extractive institutions created during colonization between 1500 and 1900 are responsible for …Although development economics generally confines its attention to the last 60 years, there is a growing body of … underdevelopment we see today. The other view is that these institutions were created because of particular geographical factors, and …

Government policy in post-1994 South Africa, whilst upholding the principles of community participation and development … growth agenda, that of Spatial Development Initiatives, has catalysed both ‘bottom-up’ development and also meaningfully … Saldanha Steel Plant and the Paternoster Fish Market, which have been components of a Spatial Development Initiative in the …

The analysis of natural resource management (NRM) institutions is drawn from two predominant theoretical schools â … messages from the theory to those closely engaged with NRM in the development context. The paper brings together the recent …-emphasizing a simple distinction between formal and informal institutions. Acknowledging the importance of the informal …

expansion of the middle class also implies more market-oriented economic policy on trade and finance. In these respects, the …