Can the increasing signicance of knowledge-products in national income- the growing weightless economy …-infuence economic development? Those technologies reduce "distance" between consumers and knowledge production This paper analyzes a …

quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …

trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I …. Economic freedom does not have the expected impact on international trade levels, but quality of governance variables have …

Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their … agendas. Despite this consensus, .good governance. is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to different … good governance as a concept. While methodological discussions are often esoteric, the study argues that this one has real …

useful tools for analysing governance, making public policy, building scientific knowledge, and even influencing ruling …Recent years have seen a proliferation of .composite indicators. or .indexes. of governance. Such measures can be …