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Is Geography Destiny?: Lessons from Latin America
Lora, Eduardo; Gaviria, Alejandro; Gallup, John Luke - Inter-American Development Bank
For decades, the prevailing sentiment was that, since geography is unchangeable, there is no reason why public policies … racist, made the subject a virtual taboo in academic and policymaking circles alike. "Is Geography Destiny?" challenges that … premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772478
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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía
Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895492
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Is Geography Destiny?: Lessons from Latin America
Lora, Eduardo; Gaviria, Alejandro; Gallup, John Luke - Inter-American Development Bank
For decades, the prevailing sentiment was that, since geography is unchangeable, there is no reason why public policies … racist, made the subject a virtual taboo in academic and policymaking circles alike. "Is Geography Destiny?" challenges that … premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943556
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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía
Duryea, Suzanne; Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; … - Inter-American Development Bank
, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943589
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269117
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Geography matters: Reconsidering the effect of geography on development
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2008
of institutions. The direct influence of geography on per capita incomes is robust to the inclusion of a sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288513
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Biogeographical conditions, the transition to agriculture and long-run growth
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2008
We use new data on the timing of the transition to agriculture, developed by Putterman and Trainor (2006), to test the theory of Diamond (1997) and Olsson and Hibbs (2005) that an earlier transition is reflected in higher incomes today. Our results confirm the theory, even after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288540
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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo R.; Assunção, Juliano J. - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant ‘macro-institutional’ setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807385
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Exchange rate regimes and trade
Adam, Christopher; Cobham, David - Money Macro and Finance Research Group - 2007
A ‘new version’ gravity model, is used to estimate the effect of a full range of de facto exchange rate regimes, as classified by Reinhart and Rogoff (2004), on bilateral trade. The results indicate that, while participation in a common currency union is typically strongly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971113
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Biogeographical Conditions, the Transition to Agriculture and Long-Run Growth
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - Centre for Research in Economic Development and …
We use new data on the timing of the transition to agriculture, developed by Putterman and Trainor (2006), to test the theory of Diamond (1997) and Olsson and Hibbs (2005) that an earlier transition is reflected in higher incomes today. Our results confirm the theory, even after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008103