ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND TERRITORY SEJ563

Description

Poverty, illiteracy, low life expectancy, poor environmental quality and great differences in income and human development are endemic to most of the world’s population. Hence, there is a growing demand from societies for development policies. The ethical justification for such policies becomes even more poignant when inequalities are due to corruption and unproductive rent-seeking. In this context our aim is to analyze how political and economic institutions, which are ultimately the choice of society, play a pivotal role in improving the well-being of people by building the government’s capacity to meet its stated social and economic goals.