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themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation influence individual countries' economic and social institutions …
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changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force …; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not, improve institutions. The impetus for changing institutions must come …1. Introduction -- 2. Why are poor countries poor? -- 3. Market-supportive institutions -- 4. Can foreign aid promote …
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and new institutional economics into an original and comprehensive vision of the relationship between institutions, growth …. Development strategies and performance : an overview -- 5. Institutions and governance : the new empirical evidence -- 6 …. Institutions in economic history -- 7. Discontinuous institutional change -- 8. Southern Sudan : a case study in discontinuous …
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What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...
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This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs. The Handbook on...
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Firms and entrepreneurs of all types - from microenterprises to multinationals - play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and affordability of goods and services for consumers, and the tax revenues governments can draw...
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