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Does foreign aid harm political institutions?

Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015

The notion that foreign aid harms the institutions of recipient governments remains prevalent. We combine new … disaggregated aid data and various metrics of political institutions to re-examine this relationship. Long-run cross-section and … alternative dynamic panel estimators show a small positive net effect of total aid on political institutions. Distinguishing …

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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 …

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The risks to education systems from design mismatch and global isomorphism : concepts, with examples from India

Pritchett, Lant - 2014

The incredibly low levels of learning and the generally dysfunctional public sector schooling systems in many (though not all) developing countries are the result of a capability trap (Pritchett et al. 2010). Two phenomena reinforce persistent failure of schooling systems to produce adequate...

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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Thorbecke, Erik - 2014

villages. Finally, the architecture of inclusive institutions in Africa is reviewed. …

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Innovation at the World Bank : selective perspectives over three decades 1975 - 2005

Grawe, Roger - 2013

The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices. Based on his thirty-year experience as a World Bank staff member, the author takes an institutional perspective on the innovation climate at the World Bank focusing on dominant development...

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Can the context mediate macro-policy outcomes? : contextual differences in the returns to Bolsa Familia in Brazil

Jacobi, Nadia von - 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...

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Capacity development for the transformation of Africa

Léautier, Frannie A. - 2014

Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....

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Institutional differences across resource-based economies

Teksoz, Utku; Kalcheva, Katerina - 2016

institutions, natural resource rents cease to have a negative impact on long-term growth. Institutions in resource-based economies …

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Anti-corruption policy-making, discretionary power, and institutional quality : an experimental analysis

Boly, Amadou; Gillanders, Robert - 2016

officials', even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability …

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Industrial policy in practice : Africa's Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils

Page, John M. - 2014

Recent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. It finds that the councils...

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