Institutions matter, but not for everything: The role of geography and resource endowments in development shouldn't be underestimated

Finance and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Sachs, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038374380     PISSN: 01451707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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11. United Nations Development Program, 2003, Human Development Report (New York), forthcoming.