-to-date information about the cyclical stage of the global economy and of major emerging and developing regions including Africa …

, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide, while other countries, many in the Africa region, faltered. This paper …

explain why presidential democracy leads to faster growth than parliamentary democracy. Third, it is important to distinguish … growth effect of democracy. …

After a decade of research on the relationship between institutions and growth, scholars in this field seem to be … divided. Economic institutions perform well in growth regressions and a body of literature argues that this supports the key … literature describes are the more stable political institutions, and these have been found to play no role in empirical growth …

economic reform, economic growth and, with a delay, on investment and institutional change. Episode of high inflation, moreover …

the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of geographic endowments on development. …

, both at the level of the outcome variable – usually national income or growth – as well as on the level of the independent … entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly … in a small grid and gets weaker the larger the unit of observation. National institutions and economic conditions are …

—together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial …