On "Good" Politicians and "Bad" Policies : Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

On "Good" Politicians and "Bad" Policies : Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

Social cohesion - that is, the inclusiveness of a country's communities - is essential for generating the trust needed to implement reforms. Citizens have to trust that the short-term losses that inevitably arise from reform, will be more than...

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Main Authors:	Ritzen, Jo, Easterly, William, Woolcock, Michael
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE GROWTH BAD POLICIES BUREAUCRACY CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CORRUPTION CRISES CROSS COUNTRY REGRESSION DATA SET DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED WORLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL SCRUTINY ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY EXTERNAL SHOCKS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GROWTH COLLAPSE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INDEX INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTEREST GROUP KEY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL LONG TERM LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMICS MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS MIDDLE CLASS SHARE NATURAL RESOURCE PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY REFORM POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL TENSIONS POLITICIANS POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH PREDICTED GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS RANDOM SAMPLE REGULATORY BURDEN RELIGIOUS GROUPS RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS RULE OF LAW RULE OF LAW QUALITY RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DIVISIONS SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL SAFETY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL FACTORS TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/693293/good-politicians-bad-policies-social-cohesion-institutions-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19790

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/693293/good-politicians-bad-policies-social-cohesion-institutions-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19790

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