Determinants of Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan African Countries
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Keywords
Institutional Quality; Rule of Law; Foreign Aid; Colonialism; Ethnic Fractionalization; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
- N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
- N47 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Africa; Oceania
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-06-27 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2008-06-27 (Development)
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