This Working Paper deals with the progresses, but also with the deficiencies, of the Cuban revolution in the economic … field, until the recent de-dollarization. It underlines its economic challenges at the beginning of the XXIst century, as …

, of the Cuban revolution in the economic field, until the recent de-dollarization. It underlines its economic challenges …

institutional reforms have differential growth effects in monarchies and republics. A set of Barrotype regressions show that there … are no significant growth differences between the two regime types and that the effects of incremental reforms do not …

Long-term growth in developing countries has been explained in four frameworks: ‘extractive colonial institutions …, contra Acemoglu et al., (2001). Further, we find that instrumented human capital explains long-term growth better, and shows … the disease environment on African long-term growth runs through a human capital channel rather than an extractive …

development in general, play a positive role on democracy. We also test for the critical junctures hypothesis, or whether … to provide any concrete evidence in favour of it. Essentially, we suggest that a certain level of development is an … societies with different levels of development-- is a suggestive observation. …

whether democracy needs development for its own consolidation. We use a sample of all nine countries that re-democratised in … that income, or development in general, plays a positive role in "sustaining" democracy. Moreover, the exogenous version of … are not able to provide any concrete evidence in favour of it. Essentially, we suggest that a certain level of development …

theoretical knowledge of this area, strategies of economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable development can be put …

A growth model is set up where war, population, and technology interact endogenously, capturing some trends observed … growth and war, in particular in 20th century Europe …