This persistent underperformance, illustrated in Figure 1, is not for lack of effort; it reflects deeper political economy dynamics.Ghana’s tax ratio has risen only modestly from about 8% of GDP ...

A new book from the World Bank - Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization - analyzes the dynamics of the political economy underlying real climate policies to better ...

Hicken, Allen, Shanker Satyanath and Ernest Sergenti. 22005. Political Institutions and Economic Performance: The Effects of Accountability and Obstacles to Policy Change. American Journal of ...

David Skilling says despite market calm, economic risks and political stresses are building - along with structural economic ...

"This meeting felt like it was driven as much by the internal political dynamics of the Fed, as by any consistent and coherent reading of the economic situation and that was a bit disturbing to me ...

Once among the wealthiest nations on Earth, Argentina's rise and fall is one of the most dramatic economic stories of the modern era. How did a country blessed with natural resources, fertile land, ...

He campaigned though not on a socialist or anti-capitalist platform, but rather taking up the cry for “change” in a degenerate decades-old political culture which is blamed by large sections of the ...

If the United States can adapt flexibly and prioritize consensus with its trading partners, it may solidify its economic dominance. Otherwise, persistent high tariffs risk deepening global trade ...

Critics of the 1994 political settlement largely hail from the black middle class, even though it has been one the principal beneficiaries of South Africa’s social democracy.