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Long-Term Consequences of Colonial Institutions and Human Capital Investments: Sub-National Evidence from Madagascar

Wietzke, Frank-Borge - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 293-307

missionary education to distinguish long-run effects of colonial institutions and human capital. Results indicate that only … colonial institutions had robust impacts on local economic outcomes. Analysis of transmission mechanisms suggests that these … effects are explained by higher-quality property rights institutions, but not by persistence in economic activities like the …

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Tenure and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty

Jagger, Pamela; Luckert, Martin (Marty) K.; Duchelle, Amy E. - In: World Development 64 (2014) S1, pp. 43-43

We explore the relationship between tenure and forest income in 271 villages throughout the tropics. We find that state-owned forests generate more forest income than private and community-owned forests both per household and per hectare. We explore whether forest income varies according to the...

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Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective

Nunan, Fiona; Hara, Mafaniso; Onyango, Paul - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 203-214

Institutions matter within natural resource management. While there are many examples of analyses of the nature and … influence of institutions within fisheries, there are fewer examples of how institutions inform the practice and outcomes of co …-management. This article reports on analysis of institutions and fisheries co-management in East African and Malawi inland fisheries …

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The Productivity of Trust

Bjørnskov, Christian; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 317-331

observe that the effect of social trust on TFP runs through economic-judicial institutions, but not through political … institutions. Those findings resist a series of robustness checks. …

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Living Institutions: Sharing and Sanctioning Water among Pastoralists in Namibia

Schnegg, Michael; Linke, Theresa - In: World Development 68 (2015) C, pp. 205-214

Sanctions are often considered an important component of successful resource management. To govern water usage, pastoral communities in Namibia have specific sanctions at their disposal and yet these are almost never applied. Interestingly, this does not lead to a breakdown in water supply. To...

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Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise?

Asadullah, M. Niaz; Savoia, Antonio; Mahmud, Wahiduddin - In: World Development 62 (2014) C, pp. 138-154

Using aggregate indices of education, health, demographic, and gender equality outcomes, we empirically investigate the hypothesis that Bangladesh achieved a higher level of social development compared with countries of similar level of per capita income. Stylized facts and cross-country...

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Contract Enforcement and Investment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Aboal, Diego; Noya, Nelson; Rius, Andrés - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 322-338

This “systematic review” focuses on the empirical research that evaluates the causal link between contract enforcement and investment. The evidence available in a variety of academic media, reviewed with established procedures, provides some but weak support for the existence of such link....

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The Politics of Federalism in Argentina and its Implications for Governance and Accountability

Ardanaz, Martín; Leiras, Marcelo; Tommasi, Mariano - In: World Development 53 (2014) C, pp. 26-45

This paper contributes to an agenda that views the effects of federalism and decentralization as dependent on the incentives of national and subnational political actors. It studies the mechanisms by which subnational actors affect decisions at the central level, in the context of a highly...

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How do “Mineral-States” Learn? Path-Dependence, Networks, and Policy Change in the Development of Economic Institutions

Orihuela, José Carlos - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 138-148

Based on case-study methods, I draw lessons from the political economy of macroeconomic management in Chile and Peru to explain how “mineral-states” learn to think long term and eventually escape the resource curse. I give an institutionalist account of the rise of countercyclical funds,...

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Fast-Track Institution Building in Conflict-Affected Countries? Insights from Recent Field Experiments

King, Elisabeth; Samii, Cyrus - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 740-754

-affected environments are presumed to be settings that combine extraordinary need and opportunity for building institutions. The substantive …

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