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only international trade patterns, but also through trade, domestic patterns of economic development. Research assistance …
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This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality in China from 1987 to 2002, employing three series of data sets. Our focus is on both urban and rural inequality, as well as the urban-rural gap, with the objective of summarizing several “first-order” empirical patterns...
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returns to human capital can be decisive in determining the outcome. The model provides a basis for distinguishing development …
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of multiple equilibria provides a basis for distinguishing development economics from transition economics. …
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This paper develops a proxy measure of the inequality of influence on the basis of survey evidence from 2002 Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) conducted among 6,500 firms in 27 transition countries. We refer to the resulting inequality as crony bias in the political...
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of governance standards; ii) in misgoverned settings, FDI firms may magnify the problems of state capture and procurement …
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-relevant, politically acceptable, quantitative indicators of governance. There are two major components involved in the process of … benchmarks of good governance that can be embraced by reformers. In addition to political acceptability, measuring governance …. This paper explores some of the most promising second generation indicators of good governance and elaborates on how they …
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and corruption not only remain, they have become the primary development challenges of the 21st century. In particular … institutions and governance to provide citizen security, justice and jobs is crucial to break cycles of violence while stimulating … development in Africa. Furthermore, defeating a terrorist network requires African nations to work with international partners to …
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This article critically examines the nature and quality of governance in community representation and civil society …
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This note introduces an evolutionary approach to economic and governance reform. It lays out two especially prevalent … development of civil society and political institutions. The first trajectory focuses initially on investments in state capacity …
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