iiG Research Phase 1: Improving Institutions for Growth

Research within this theme considers how governance affects public goods provision. Understanding how political institutions affect public goods provision and service delivery also leads to more fundamental issues about the working of these political institutions themselves. Research projects are:

A key concern is whether institutional change would significantly assist African countries in breaking into global markets for manufactured exports. Institutions can affect the growth of manufactured exports through prices, networks, contract enforcement, service provision, and predation. It is important to investigate both the contribution of the specific type of institution to export success and the circumstances that induce its formation. Research projects are:

This research centres on issues involved in the transformation of a large rural, agricultural sector to an urbanised economy with large-scale employment in manufacturing and services and understanding the constraints on this process. The focus is on the economic transformation of the rural economy, and specifically the roles that agriculture, rural economic growth and skill formation play. Research projects are: