What Makes Poor Countries Poor?: Institutional Determinants of Development

by Michael J. Trebilcock and Mariana Mota Prado

This important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field. What Makes Poor Countries Poor? provides a critical overview of different conceptions and theories of development, situating institutional theories within the larger academic debate on development. The book also discusses why, whether, and how institutions matter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857938916
• ISBN13: 9780857938916
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages