MIT Study Reveals Why Africa Is Still Poor

Explains how institutions shape long-run poverty in Africa, linking aid outcomes to incentives and governance.

Development & poverty trapsNew institutionalIntervieweconomic developmentextractive institutionsforeign aid effectivenessinclusive institutionsinstitutional economicspoverty trapsDaron Acemoglu

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