What makes poor countries poor?: institutional determinants of development
Michael J. Trebilcock, Mariana Mota Prado
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- E-Book
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- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012
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- This important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field. What Makes Poor Countries Poor? provides a critical overview of different conceptions and theories of development, situating institutional theories within the larger academic debate on development. The book also discusses why, whether and how institutions matter in different fields of development. In the domestic sphere, the authors answer these questions by analyzing institutional reforms in the public (ru.
- Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The ends and means of development; 2. The rule of law and development: in search of the Holy Grail; 3. The property rights/contract rights development nexus; 4. Political regimes, ethnic conflict and development; 5. Public administration, corruption and development; 6. State-owned enterprises, privatization and development; 7. International trade, foreign direct investment and development; 8. Foreign aid and development: the aid-institutions paradox; 9. Conclusion: in search of knowledge; Index.
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- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- Other Related Resources:
- Print version: What makes poor countries poor? [by Trebilcock, M.J.] (Cheltenham, Glos, UK ; Northampton, MA. : Edward Elgar, c2011 — ISBN 9780857938862; LCCN 2011932875; OCLC Number 751752275)
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- Description based on print version record.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
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- text file
- Call Numbers:
- HC59.72.P6 .T889 2012eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780857938879 (electronic bk.)
0857938878 (electronic bk.) - OCLC Numbers:
- 772844889