Shahab Sabahi
Energy and Environment for Development – Policy Analysis Research Group
Energy and Environment for Development – Policy Analysis Research Group
How and why do societies grow? What are the consequences of growth? Does growth follow deterministic patterns? Can growth path be imitated in another location with similar results? If so why then some countries are able to achieve economic growth and better standards of living for their populations while others are not. Most of my time has been spent in last two years to do research on this topic with particular focus on role of natural resources, capitals, environment, social institutions, individuals and states and the rule of law.
These issues concern social scientists Old and the current economics frameworks has been well identifying sources of economic growth in terms of educational achievements, technology, market organization but hasn’t really dug deeper into why markets are organized differently. Why is it that in some places there is investment into education, or adoption and embracing of new technologies, and in other places there is not? That is the point that economics alone fails to help for searching answers. It requires bringing political economy and institutions in the picture. The major theme that has been keeping me busy right now is to understand the roles of institutions, how institutions emerge, and why dysfunctional institutions arise in different places.
In terms of statistical institution structure and its sources of creation and survival are rather complicated. Social scientists acknowledge elements such as geographic limitations, ecology, weather, natural resources, security problems, etc. which contribute to economic development and growth in much of the world. These scholars are essentially talking about elements that are outside of human control. But history tells us events that humans intentionally changed the course of growth or even initiated it even in the ground of environmental limitation.
These issues concern social scientists Old and the current economics frameworks has been well identifying sources of economic growth in terms of educational achievements, technology, market organization but hasn’t really dug deeper into why markets are organized differently. Why is it that in some places there is investment into education, or adoption and embracing of new technologies, and in other places there is not? That is the point that economics alone fails to help for searching answers. It requires bringing political economy and institutions in the picture. The major theme that has been keeping me busy right now is to understand the roles of institutions, how institutions emerge, and why dysfunctional institutions arise in different places.
In terms of statistical institution structure and its sources of creation and survival are rather complicated. Social scientists acknowledge elements such as geographic limitations, ecology, weather, natural resources, security problems, etc. which contribute to economic development and growth in much of the world. These scholars are essentially talking about elements that are outside of human control. But history tells us events that humans intentionally changed the course of growth or even initiated it even in the ground of environmental limitation.
So it sounds that to achieve a clear understanding we should examine the roles of institutions and how these social structures can provide leverage and influence in a way that mitigate the impact of various inherent environmental limitations. .
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