One of the primary reasons that otherwise good politicians enact bad policies in countries all over the world, but …

essential. "--World Bank web site …

and cultural barriers. An annotated bibliography is included. "--World Bank web site …

are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …