This paper examines the empirical relationship between the quality of the Indian judiciary and the economic development … of the Indian States and Union Territories. It evaluates this causality by analysing the development of the state …, such as agricultural production, private sector development, capital formation, poverty rates, public security and …

Economic Perspectives (Summer, 1999: 3-114) published a collection of symposium papers on “Slow Growth in Africa”. Clearly the … collection added volume to Africa’s literature on the subject. However, the different opinions the papers expressed did little to … enhance current understanding of Africa’s economic performance, mainly because the papers paint very different pictures of the …

differences in growth paths and development levels across countries, accounting for the main features of economic development of …

typical country. From a different perspective, we find that higher-than-average short-impact aid to sub-Saharan Africa raised … recipient's level of income or quality of institutions and policies; we find that short-impact aid causes growth, on average … with stronger institutions or longer life expectancies (better health). We also find a significant negative relationship …

Factor-endowment based trade with the leading economy helps to explain the differing development performances of the …

, Local, International and Universal in nature. Author’s Research and Development approach for these vicious combination … infers that, all nations, irrespective their level of development, should evaluate Productivity/Management Decisions with … reference to Socio-Economic Development units, and Intangible components should have priority over Tangibles (Algebraic Model …

of a negative effect of technological development on the accumulation of high-tech human capital. Under this new and … capital composition and the transition across stages of development are endogenously determined. We relate an increasing R …

disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa …

Can Africa's current state of under-development be partially attributed to the large trade in slaves that occurred … Africa between 1400 and 1913. I find the number of slaves exported from a country to be an important determinant of economic … slave markets around the world. I also find that the importance of the slave trade for contemporary development is a result …

The international goal for rich countries to devote 0.7% of their national income to development assistance has become … with a meaningful model of how aid affects development. Although aid certainly has positive impacts in many circumstances …