poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa during post-independence. The current article employs the unique data and insights …) the role of institutions in mediating this impact, with special attention accorded the efficacy of the restraint on the …

The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa …. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and … paper discusses how institutional configurations have been shaped in Sub-Saharan Africa under prevailing domestic and …

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 … extractives-led development agenda. The paper suggests reframing the political economy of extractive resources away from the …

-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital …

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 …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … Africa. This finding is consistent with the predictions of the unified growth theory and sheds important insights in … explaining the sustained income growth Africa has experienced since 1995. The paper also shows that the effects of income per …