In recent years, the role of institutions for development has received considerable attention
from development researchers, policy makers and practitioners. This paper reviews the …

This paper reviews a range of studies that examine differences in growth performance
among transition countries. There is a consensus in the literature about the core elements of …

THE ECONOMIES of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) escaped
communism with a heavy burden. When central planning collapsed, they continued to suffer …

Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance.
This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying …

This study is part of a global research effort entitled Consultations with the Poor, designed to
inform the World Development Report 2000/1 on Poverty and Development. The research …

Sustained economic growth has been high in the list of priorities of many nations, developed
and developing, and the important role of new technology on it has long been recognized in …

International entrepreneurship (IE) research has commonly neglected significant
perspectives applied by international business scholars. Explanations for the emergence …

Ten years into the transition process, corruption is now recognized to be a pervasive
phenomenon thatcan seriously jeopardize the best intentionedreform efforts. Because of the …

During the last two decades Greece has emerged as a key regional player and one of the
largest investors in the Central and Eastern and South-Eastern European Countries …

North Korea is one of the most closed and secretive societies in the world. Despite a high
level of interest from the outside world, we have very little detailed information about how the …