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Good Governance for Sustained Growth and Development

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The importance of governance and institutions for economic growth and development has been debated for many years. Even today the international community is ambivalent about it, less due to the weight of evidence than for geopolitical reasons.

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  1. The Brookings Institution, India

    Daniel Kaufmann

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Kaufmann, D. (2010). Good Governance for Sustained Growth and Development. In: The Innovation for Development Report 2009–2010. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230285477_8

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