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 …

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 …

This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized … providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions are important determinants of adverse development outcomes. The …

institutions has played an important part in Africa’s recent growth acceleration. The continent has seen many false dawns, caused … robust. It holds in OLS, LAD and 2SLS settings; it holds for different measures of institutions and different measures of … in large part by ups in commodity prices, but a growth acceleration driven by institutions is likely to signify a genuine …

This paper estimates the effect of institutions on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1995-2007. We … that countries with good institutions grew faster than countries with poor institutions. Using external instruments, 2SLS … regressions point to a causal impact. Our findings are consistent with the view that institutions are a root cause of economic …

Africa is endowed with both natural resources and a young growing workforce. In light of this, it is obvious that … economic growth in Africa. In particular, this study examines the impact of labour market flexibility (regulations) on economic …

role of institutions and macroeconomic policies in determining this sequence. We analyze the joint effect of policies and … institutions on the frequency of the four growth regimes: stable growth, stagnation, crisis and miracle-like fast growth. The … results confirm the importance of institutions for growth but also show that macro-policies; inflation, trade openness, size …

The link between economic growth and institutions has been studied for more than ten years. Our goal is to take stock … reference framework and by means of a simple comparative development exercise raise some questions a literature on this field …

, this paper studies the role and the determinants of the reform policies for the development paths of the transition …