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Modeling Ecological Success of Common Pool Resource Systems Using Large Datasets

Frey, Ulrich J.; Rusch, Hannes - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 93-103

due to methodological issues. These include causal complexity, a lack of large-N-studies, and non-linear relationships …

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How Institutions Mediate the Impact of Cash Cropping on Food Crop Intensification: An Application to Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa

Theriault, Veronique; Tschirley, David L. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 298-310

It is widely agreed that smallholder-led agricultural growth would contribute most to improved food security and reduced poverty. Yet, how to achieve broader and more sustainable access by smallholder farmers to productivity-enhancing inputs for food crop production remains a largely unsolved...

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Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective

Nunan, Fiona; Hara, Mafaniso; Onyango, Paul - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 203-214

Institutions matter within natural resource management. While there are many examples of analyses of the nature and … influence of institutions within fisheries, there are fewer examples of how institutions inform the practice and outcomes of co …-management. This article reports on analysis of institutions and fisheries co-management in East African and Malawi inland fisheries …

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The Productivity of Trust

Bjørnskov, Christian; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 317-331

observe that the effect of social trust on TFP runs through economic-judicial institutions, but not through political … institutions. Those findings resist a series of robustness checks. …

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Local Governance of Forests and the Role of External Organizations: Some Ties Matter More Than Others

Andersson, Krister - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 226-237

with municipalities affect the probability of establishing local governance institutions. I attribute these results to …

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Do Stronger Collective Property Rights Improve Household Welfare? Evidence from a Field Study in Fiji

Lawson-Remer, Terra - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 207-225

Extensive previous work has analyzed the functioning of collective ownership institutions, arguing that such … institutions can better govern common pool resources under some conditions than private or state ownership. However, empirical …

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The Resource Curse and its Potential Reversal

Boschini, Anne; Pettersson, Jan; Roine, Jesper - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 19-41

resource measure, using alternative measures of both resources and institutions, and by studying different time periods. While … institutions are good enough. …

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Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being

Gehring, Kai - In: World Development 50 (2013) C, pp. 74-90

Who benefits from economic freedom? Results from a panel of 86 countries over the 1990–2005 period suggest that overall economic freedom has a significant positive effect on subjective well-being. Its dimensions legal security and property rights, sound money, and regulation are in particular...

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FDI Waves, Waves of Neglect of Political Risk

Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Sekkat, Khalid - In: World Development 40 (2012) 11, pp. 2194-2205

Studies of the impact of local political risk on foreign direct investment inflows overlook that worldwide FDI comes in waves. Using a simple model we show that the impact of political risk on FDI inflows is likely to be weaker, the larger the worldwide amount of FDI, which may question standard...

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The Growth Effects of Property Rights: The Role of Finance

Bose, Niloy; Murshid, Antu Panini; Wurm, Martin A. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1784-1797

Using a variety of statistical approaches, we show that the relationship between property rights and growth is nonlinear; stronger enforcement of property rights raises growth up to a point before growth begins to decline. We provide a simple theoretical rationale for this conclusion using a...

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