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Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first …, reflect their findings in light of recent development models, debates and currents in post-2010 literature. We then re … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty …
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In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on...
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institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … year while indirectly ruled districts were converging at a rate of 5.7% per year. Much of the development gap between areas …
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poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa during post-independence. The current article employs the unique data and insights …) the role of institutions in mediating this impact, with special attention accorded the efficacy of the restraint on the … ; productivity ; policy syndromes ; institutions …
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The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa …. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and … paper discusses how institutional configurations have been shaped in Sub-Saharan Africa under prevailing domestic and …
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This paper develops a model of opportunistic behaviour in which an incumbent government resort to expansionary fiscal and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset of 51 African countries covering the period 1980 to...
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We use a panel data set of 46 African countries over the 2003-2015 period to study the role of institutional quality in infrastructure-led growth. Based on causal analysis, we show large positive effects on growth for countries with strong institutional quality in comparison with their weak...
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findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote economic growth in Africa; however, we observe that human capital and … human capital and strengthening their institutions to maximize the benefits of FDI …
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The fundamental, underlying factors of development are often neglected when analyzing the question why countries … institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by … stages of economic development. Our paper aims to contribute to close this gap by focusing on the phenomenon of the middle …
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institutions precede crises and, interestingly, positive reforms occur thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …
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