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Mobilising institutional investor capital for climate-aligned development
Halland, Håvard - 2021
categories of long-term investors – institutional investors and multilateral finance institutions. That opens new opportunities …
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Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development
Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Bergeron, Augustin; Henrich, Joseph; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the evolution of belief systems that suppress productive effort. These include concerns about the envy of others, beliefs in the importance of luck for success, disdain for competitive effort, and traditional beliefs in witchcraft. We show that such demotivating beliefs can evolve when...
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Chapter 26. Social Capital
Durlauf, Steven N.; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2005
This chapter surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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The Economics of Women's Rights
Tertilt, Michele; Doepke, Matthias; Montenbruck, Laura; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Two centuries ago, in most countries around the world, women were unable to vote, had no say over their own children or property, and could not obtain a divorce. Women have gradually gained rights in many areas of life, and this legal expansion has been closely intertwined with economic...
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Chapter 4. MAMS A Computable General Equilibrium Model for Developing Country Strategy Analysis
Lofgren, Hans; Cicowiez, Martin; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina - In: Handbook of computable general equilibrium modeling : …, (pp. 159-276). 2013
This chapter presents MAMS (Maquette for MDG Simulations), a recursive-dynamic CGE model developed at the World Bank for analysis of medium- to long-run country strategies for low- and middle-income countries, including strategies aimed at improving MDG (Millennium Development Goals) outcomes....
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Culture, entrepreneurship and economic development : an empirical approach
Achim, Monica Violeta; Borlea, Sorin Nicolae; Vaidean, … - In: Entrepreneurship research journal : ERJ 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-28
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Chapter 13 Culture and Economic Development
Streeten, Paul - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 399-412). 2006
This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has...
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Rebel Governance and Development : The Persistent Effects of Guerrillas in El Salvador
Bandiera, Antonella; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Jimenez, Juan … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
displaced state authorities and promoted the creation of self-governing institutions that embodied local values and openly … state. Our results suggest that community institutions in guerrilla-controlled areas led to enduring land fragmentation and … disengagement with the government. We argue that when non-state actors develop alternative governance institutions, they can lead to …
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Wealth, Development, and Social Inequalities in Latin America : Transdisciplinary Insights
Burchardt, Hans-Jürgen (ed.); Lungo R., Irene (ed.) - 2024
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Are natural resources a curse or a blessing for Mongolia?
Narankhuu, Bolor - In: Mineral economics : raw materials report 31 (2018) 1/2, pp. 171-177
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