While development economics tends to focus on national and international policy, local government and social institutions can also play a critical role in either promoting or inhibiting economic prosperity. In this essay, Cowen describes the significant problems associated with the cargo system...

A successful reconstruction is characterized by a widespread coordination problem, combined with potential pockets of conamp;#64258;ict. We analyze the array of relationships that take place in the reconstruction process - political, economic and social - by considering under what circumstances they...