impact of institutions on development. The preliminary cross-country findings show that (i) institutional quality positively …The paper uses nonparametric methodology to examine the role of institutions in understanding differential levels of … development across countries. This technique estimates first order derivatives for every country allowing a deeper look into the …

creates continuous and dichotomous indices. We use the SVM indices to investigate the effect of democratic institutions on … economic development, and find that democracies grow faster than autocracies. Furthermore, we illustrate how the estimation …

been adopted by development analysts, and where fresh thinking is needed, particularly in the light of changes occurring in …

of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia's future prospects. Since then, contrary to Myrdal's expectations …, Asia's development has been remarkable, although transformations have been uneven across countries and unequal between … the amazing story of economic development in Asia over the past 50 years. It begins with reflections on Gunnar Myrdal, the …

This paper focuses on how political regimes affect financial development in Africa, contingent on religious … propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and …

for economic development in the long-run. Nevertheless, macroeconomic stability as well as institutional quality, foreign …

goals, the mediating role of institutions in how finance influences the development of the industrial sector across … institutions in the relationship between finance and industrial development of South Africa for the period 1984-2021. To evaluate …Despite the importance of the financial system and quality of institutions to the attainment of economic development …