Empirical analysis shows that formal and informal institutions are key factors in explaining why some countries, as well as territories within countries, are more prosperous than others are. After almost 160 years from their formal unification, Italian territories are still quite heterogeneous...

Introduction -- Village: From natural settlement to administrative organization - Organizational resources of a unit village -- Village-run industry and village unitization - Analysis of ecological resources and policy resources -- Village unitization and community transition -- Risk and risk...

This paper establishes an analytical framework for understanding and assessing Indigenous economic development and well-being in a place-based context. It identifies the importance of flexibility in geographic scale for organising policies for Indigenous communities, development objectives that...