political or bureaucratic power on farmers. agricultural investment decisions. Our main result is that households significantly … increase their investment in land improvement as a result of relatives moving into public office. Connections to office holders … appear to be important for investment because they strengthen de facto land property rights and improve access to off …

why import substitution is inferior to export promotion. While globalization is a necessary condition for convergence to … development, it is not sufficient. Both trade and foreign direct investment create innovation assymetries hindering lagging … conflict of interest between supporting human capital investment and innovation. If only innovation is supported, the human …

benefit from globalization. This paper focuses on one aspect of globalization ? the liberalization of investment policies …There has been a remarkable shift in the attitudes towards globalization. Specifically, the discussion among academics … and policymakers has shifted from whether globalization should be encouraged to how countries can position themselves to …

. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and … potential. In future, these countries could also provide resources for investment and technologies for productivity. The …