This paper outlines the elements of the colonial heritage which led to divergences in both economics and politics between North and Latin America; the inflence of natural resource abundance on the politics and economics of the region and the reasons for the continent wide reforms and the...

This paper critically examines the fears of India's cultural nationalists that globalisation will undermine ancient and cherished ways of life, by distinguishing between modernisation and Westernisation. It argues that accepting the material beliefs of the West, which is essential for...

The paper examines the rise fall and rise of the Liberal International Economic Order over the last 150 years, and critically examines the various hopes and fears in developed and developing countries that this most recent global integration is raising

This paper surveys the role of institutions in promoting economic growth in cross-cultural and historical perspective. It examines inter alia, whether institutional development can be incorporated in formal growth theory, the influence of politics on economic growth and the relationship of...