In recent years economists have increasingly been concerned with understanding the
creation of the “rules of the game”—in the broad sense of political economy—rather than …

Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i)
particularly daunting in the poorer countries, with the richer world viewed as exemplary; ii) …

Few dispute that secure property rights are critical to economic development. But if secure
property rights are so beneficial, then why are they so rare? More precisely, what factors …

The United States today, according to most studies, is among the least corrupt nations in the
world. But America's past was checkered with political scandal and widespread corruption …

The study of political change in post-communist countries underwent many changes and
shifts of emphasis in the years following the fall of communism. It embraced broad-based …

This paper is based on the governance chapter contributions to the 2003/04 Global
Competitiveness Report (GCR). Building from the 2002/03 chapter contribution to the GCR …

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Development The Role of the World Bank Page 2 Corruption, Politics and Development Page …

All four of the countries in this book are rated as corrupt. What distinguishes them is whether
corruption is experienced as systemic, pervasive, routine, or relatively rare. Seen in this light …

Применительно к рассмотренным моделям социальных взаимодействий в переходной
экономике не вполне ясными оказываются причины выхода конкретной страны (или …

Since 1989, when economic and political transformation in the former communist countries
started, the reform process in Bulgaria has been rather uneven, and often has changed …