out of a development trap. …

Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional … development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new … stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of …

Conventional wisdom about the relationship between income distribution and economic development has been subjected to … for economic development, the Neoclassical paradigm, which had subsequently dominated the field of macroeconomics …

We argue that the partition of ethnic groups following the Scramble for Africa does not itself matter for development … a ect development. Furthermore, the analysis of data from the Afrobarometer shows that the persistence of informal … partitioned group a ects development …

This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …

components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …

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 …

development has taken place in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach - In framing the financial dimension in a more … financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of financial … globalization through-out the conditional distributions of domestic financial development dynamics. Findings - The introduction of …