life, is why there is a state at all. Is human cooperation feasible without a political authority enforcing it? Or do we … need a state to live together? This question also reveals two further problems. If a state is necessary to establish order …

"Building effective state institutions before introducing democracy is widely presumed to improve different development … outcomes. Conversely, proponents of this “stateness-first” argument anticipate that democratization before state building …

agreement that a capable state can play an important facilitating role in the process of economic development. A number of … level, that a stable and competent state is indeed a contributing factor in economic growth. In this short paper, we … investigate the possibility that differences not only in state capacity but more broadly, in the capacity to mount an effective …