This paper focuses on the role of institutions in poverty alleviation, where both poverty and institutions are … squarely founded on the transition economies of the EEFSU region, is that reducing average poverty is not enough. Existing and … strength of the institutions (economic, political and social) is possibly the single most agent of significance to bring about …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

to better long-term economic performance. -- crisis ; transition ; growth ; inflation ; reform ; institutions …

country. This paper provides the first evidence that the positive effect of importing good institutions cancels out when the … receiving territories are characterized by cultural traits in conflict with those embedded in the imported institutions. We … French institutions in Protestant areas. Then, using hand-collected data on pre-Napoleonic reigns we show that kingdoms with …

This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth … that private-order institutions have not historically substituted for public-order ones in enabling markets to function …, clarify the growth effects of other institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and …

This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth … that private-order institutions have not historically substituted for public-order ones in enabling markets to function …, clarify the growth effects of other institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and …

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …

In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the … factors in which institutions affect market integration more than market integration affects institutions. It was …

's immediate post-accession boom proved unsustainable. -- economic growth ; governance ; transition economies …