. It covers agricultural water consumption, with special attention to irrigation, water use in energy production, and … attention to crop irrigation. Furthermore, there are challenges in assigning appropriate values to water and specifying …

effects of the natural resources sector is the type of states and political institutions that resourceabundant economies …

natural resources rents may reduce incentives to invest in fiscal capacity. However, political institutions that limit rulers … mainly through institutions that make the tax system accountable and transparent. Thus it is possible to develop both fiscal …

This paper develops the empirical and theoretical case that differences in economic institutions are the fundamental … cause of differences in economic development. We first document the empirical importance of institutions by focusing on two … “quasi-natural experiments” in history, the division of Korea into two parts with very different economic institutions and …

development priorities into a triple bottom line: that is, a focus on growth, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability … choices. International financial institutions and the donor community can provide financial lubricants for cooperation, as …