Publication
May 2008
The political history of property rights underlines the challenge in international development that, while a wide variety of possible routes exist to improving economic growth outcomes, all depend on constructing the political legitimacy in developing countries without which property rights are never secure. The concept of secure property rights overlooks the constant political tension around economic activity that makes property rights at best stable not secure, and indicates the need to pay greater attention to the political history underlying the governance of economic growth.
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Author | Max Everest-Phillips |
Series | ODI SPIRU Working Papers |
Issue | 23 |
Publisher | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) |
Copyright | © 2008 Overseas Development Institute (ODI) |