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A quest for institutional foundations towards inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nissanke, Machiko - 2015
. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418567
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Can the context mediate macro-policy outcomes? Contextual differences in the returns to Bolsa Familia in Brazil
von Jacobi, Nadia - 2014
Local institutional and structural (meso) factors can play a role in mediating the returns to a macro-social policy. I focus on the Brazilian cash-transfer-programme Bolsa Familia and check how contextual features influence the returns to transfers. Building on Amartya Sen's work, I assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343216
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Political economy and governance
Dietsche, Evelyn - 2017
premised on the understanding that institutions matter for development. However, there is no straightforward answer to the … question of what exactly 'institutions' are, how they change, or how they can be made to change to become more supportive of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654017
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Institutions and Asia's development: The role of norms and organizational power
Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2018
The role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal's Asian Drama, with later … agree about the institutions that matter nor do they explain why similar institutions delivered such different results … across countries. Cultural norms and informal institutions clearly matter but the appropriate norms did not already exist in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943937
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Donor relations and sovereignty
Flentø, Johnny; Simao, Leonardo Santos - 2020
and carefully weigh conflicting interests of its partners against its own long-term interests. The institutions Mozambique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424122
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Natural resources, institutions, and economic transformation in Mozambique
Macuane, José Jaime; Muianga, Carlos - 2020
In the light of Mozambique's natural resources boom-especially its large-scale investments in mining, oil, and gas-this paper analyses the prospects for the extractive industries to contribute to economic transformation from an institutional perspective. To this purpose, we address the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424123
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Institutions and governance in Mozambique: A bird's eye view based on existing databases
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2024
Using publicly available databases and drawing on a wide range of indicators, this paper reviews the institutional performance of Mozambique across seven broad categories: rule of law and judicial independence; voice and freedom of expression/association; political participation; accountability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477448
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Growth of African economies: Productivity, policy syndromes, and the importance of institutions
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2013
) the role of institutions in mediating this impact, with special attention accorded the efficacy of the restraint on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319796
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Aid, accountability, and institution-building in Ethiopia: A comparative analysis of donor practice
Abegaz, Berhanu - 2013
underwriting more efficient but exclusionary public institutions. This aid-institutions paradox reflects a strong interest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333689
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The impact of democracy on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 - 2012
Masaki, Takaaki; Van de Walle, Nicolas - 2014
Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in the early 1990s coincided with the start of a new era of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343224