This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding how institutions, geography, and trade interact to … which country characteristics might affect income through trade and institutions, and then to test the robustness of those … effects. Evidence indicated that both institutions and trade influence growth. Geographical factors such as whether a country …

attention. Interest in this topic is motivated by the increasing presence of China in the region and the growing bilateral trade …

capital. Social capital includes “features of social organization, such as networks, norms, and social trust, that … are localâ€level organizations and less formal social networks. …

role of social capital. This paper, using the case studies of iddirs (funeral societies) in Ethiopia and migrant networks …

"IFPRI, traditionally a centralized development organization, is now embracing networks as one institutional strategy … to achieve “regional decentralization.” Since 1999 IFPRI has developed and operated two formal regional networks, in East … Africa and South Asia, and additional regional networks have been envisioned for Southern Africa and Central America. IFPRI …

household living standards, study the correlates of participation in groups and formal and informal networks, and discuss the … relationship of networks with access to other forms of capital. In this context, they assess how one form of collective action … shocks, but shows that the better-off households belong to more groups and have larger networks. In addition, where …