Institutions and Development in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis

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Institutions and Development in Latin America
A Comparative Analysis

• Alejandro Portes
• November 2007

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Figure 1The Elements of Social Life
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Figure 3Truth Table of Institutional Adequacy
and Contributions to National Development in
Three Latin American Countries
1 Presence 0 Absence
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Predictor (Meritocracy) (Immunity to
Corruption) (No Islands of Power)
(Proactivity) ABCD
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Table 1Necessary and Sufficient Conditions in
Fuzzy-Set Algebra
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Table 2Fuzzy-Set Analysis of Institutional
Adequacy and Contribution to National
Development in Three Latin American Countries