The new institutional economics and Roman legal policy -- The creation of rights in the countryside -- Roman legal policy and private farm Tenancy -- Legal order in the rural economy -- Late antique tax policy and incentives for investment

What is really meant by 'development' in twenty-first-century post-apartheid South Africa? What are the challenges and complexities of real transformation in this context? The contributions in this title address the ways in which people in all sectors of South African society are confronting its...

This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits,...