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Mozambique’s Elite – Finding its Way in a Globalized World and Returning to Old Development Models

Hanlon, Joseph; Mosse, Marcelo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

What makes elites developmental instead of predatory? We argue that Mozambique’s elite was developmental at … development in Latin America, or Volkskapitalisme in apartheid South Africa. But Mozambique’s elite has also returned to two other … traditions – that development is done by the elite and by foreigners. There is little support for development of local SMEs and …

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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security: New institutional arrangements for related public goods

von Braun, Joachim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture and food sy

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A Re-examination of the Relation between Democracy and International Trade The Case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

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 …

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Good Governance as a Concept, and Why This Matters for Development Policy

Gisselquist, Rachel M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

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 …

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Evaluating governance indexes: Critical and less critical questions

Gisselquist, Rachel M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

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

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What can experiments tell us about how to improve governance?

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Nino-Zarazua, Miguel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development economics in particular, their use has attracted considerable debate in relation to the identification of .what works. in development pol

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Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success

Robinson, James A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

I argue that the economic success of Botswana can be explained by the historical development of its institutions which is related to the trajectory of the Tswana states over the past 200 years. These institutions created a much more stable and accountable government than elsewhere in Africa...

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The Global Economic Crisis: Towards Syndrome-Free Recovery for Africa

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi; Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

longer term. Care should be exercised to maintain and improve good governance, which is essential for African countries to …

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Foreign Aid as Prize: Incentives for a Pro-Poor Policy

Sayanak, Tejashree; Lahiri, Sajal - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

We develop a theoretical model of foreign aid to analyse a method of disbursement of aid which induces the recipient government to follow a more pro-poor policy than it otherwise would do. In our two-period model, aid is given in the second period and the volume of it depends on the level of...

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Fiscal Policy for Poverty Reduction, Reconstruction, and Growth

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan; Smith, Matthew - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

Growth, poverty reduction, and social peace are all undermined when public expenditure management and taxation are weak and when the fiscal deficit and public debt are not managed successfully. And large-scale aid and debt relief cannot work without a good fiscal system. The macroeconomic...

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