Favourable geography, they find, promotes good institutions; good institutions then promote development.
Defeating Isis requires basic services, institutions, good governance and the reconciliation of divided communities.
Most of them are about American institutions, good and bad, beginning with "Titicut Follies," his muckraking portrait of a facility for the criminally insane, made in 1967.
"We think the continued strength of the Big 12 is good for our member institutions, good for Baylor and, in the greater sense, good for college athletics," the Baylor president, Ken Starr, said in a telephone interview.
These institutions, good and bad, put down roots and the result, broadly speaking, is the pattern of income you see today around the world.Institutions are more difficult to change than policies, of course.
In a body as complex as the EU, where power is diffuse and decisions are the result of deals in multiple institutions, good lobbyists who know their way around the commission, council and parliament can be invaluable.
The answer is simple good institutions, good legal systems and a commitment to good regulation.
Bill Gates and his troops have apparently worked their way back into these institutions' good graces after Gates' infamous "Bankers are dinosaurs" snipe.
Obama tips a hat to Hillary, depicts the challenges ahead as ones that require a capable manager of institutions, good at working with opposition.
It is only in so far as good geography breeds good institutions that good geography promotes development.But hang on.
