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Pre-industrial and post-war economic development : is there a link?
Burkett, John P.; Humblet, Catherine; Putterman, Louis G. - 1997
-industrial economic conditions. We hypothesize that if these countries are arrayed on a continuum of pre-industrial development such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504438
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How do governments become great? : ten cases, two competing explanations, one large research agenda
Andrews, Matt - 2013
Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'....
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Who really leads development?
Andrews, Matt - 2013
'Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent … studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies … focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining 'who leads development'. The current article asks if heroes really …
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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda
Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - 2013
This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms actively and consistently for three decades now, and has produced many laws, processes and structures that are 'best in class' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the...
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What can experiments tell us about how to improve governance?
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2013
development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1 …In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development …) 'what have the main contributions of randomized controlled trials been to the study of governance?' and (2) 'what could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783129
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Measurement of regulations : an application to the agricultural produce markets of Indian States
Purohit, Purnima - 2014
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Human genealogy reveals a selective advantage to moderate fecundity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019
contributed to the onset of the demographic transition and thus to the evolution of societies to an era of sustained economic …
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Population genetics and economic growth
Zak, Paul J.; Park, Kwang Woo - 2000 - This version June 3, 2000
This paper builds an age-structural model of human population genetics in which agents are endowed with a high-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner, work for firms, consume goods, save for old age...
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The role and evolution of central authorities
Frijters, Paul; Tieman, Alexander F. - 1999
In this paper we argue that authorities aid cooperation by means ofdirect coordination or the enforcement of re-commitment devices suchas contract laws.Credible threats of violence allow this role. In alocal interaction model, an authority forms if mutually connected individuals with sufficient...
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The evolving domain of entrepreneurship research
Carlsson, Bo; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; McKelvey, Maureen D.; … - 2013
. -- Entrepreneurship research ; evolution ; academic disciplines ; Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research …
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