This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...

This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...

This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...

Bad institutions are regularly blamed for poor economic performance, and Latin America is often used as the prime example of the potentially damaging effects of bad institutions on economic development. However, very little time-series analysis has been done to substantiate this claim, and in...

Bad institutions are regularly blamed for poor economic performance, and Latin America is often used as the prime example of the potentially damaging effects of bad institutions on economic development. However, very little time-series analysis has been done to substantiate this claim, and in...