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Language
English
Description
Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the...
Author
Series
Routledge library editions.Development volume 90
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
7) Sustainable development in a dynamic world: transforming institutions, growth, and quality of life
Series
World development report volume 2003
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
9) Sustainable development in a dynamic world: transforming institutions, growth, and quality of life
Series
World development report volume 2003
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Provides a set of case studies of asset-building projects around the globe aimed at designing and implementing public policies that will increase the capital assets of the poor. Highlights the ways in which poor households and communities can move out of poverty through longer-term accumulation of capital assets"--Provided by publisher.
15) Working through the crisis: jobs and policies in developing countries during the great recession
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English