This article reviews comparative research on institutions and economic performance,
identifying analytical gaps in the political economy of growth literature. It also examines core …

Abstract Development theory has moved from a single-minded focus on capital
accumulation toward a more complex understanding of the institutions that make …

This book is the first comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration)
system. The hukou system registers and governs the 1.3 billion Chinese, while creating …

Recent years have seen increased attention to integrating what we know about individual
citizens with what we know about macro-level contexts that vary across countries. This …

This paper summarises the policy implications of a growing debate about the connections
between taxation and the quality of governance in developing countries. Taxation–or the …

Josip Broz Tito's saying that'one should not hold on to the law like a drunken man holds on
to a fence'remains a valid piece of popular wisdom today, encapsulating the problem of …

The recent backlash against democracy in such countries as Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia,
and Georgia poses renewed concerns about the viability of this regime type in the …

A teoria econômica moderna foi além do" fundamentalismo do capital". Nas palavras de
Hoff e Stiglitz (2001, p. 389)," o desenvolvimento não é mais visto primariamente como um …

DEVELOPMENT THEORY IS READY for new departures. Economic analysis of
development has taken an" institutional turn." Setting out the opportunities and challenges …

The aim of this article is to examine the link between the quality of social protection and
citizens' satisfaction with the functioning of democracy—an association that has received …