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How Homeownership Dreams Are Dashed In Zimbabwe

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Post date November 10, 2024

Plena James Poroto in front of her house in Mutare. Evidence Chenjerai/Global Press Journal

A rent-to-own program aimed to help black citizens obtain property in a post-colonial world. Decades later, many homebuyers are still waiting to call their house their own.

Tags colonial era, development committee, housing, housing program, housing programs, housing rights, human rights, land developers, mutare zimbabwe, property rights, title deeds, zimbabwe housing right

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Economics Nobel, A View From The East: Revenge Of The State

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Post date October 16, 2024

Counting votes from an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling counting centre in Srinagar, India on Oct. 8, 2024, during regional elections Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images via ZUMA

Honoring the research of Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson marks a comeback for the importance of public institutions in economics.

Tags colonialism, daron acemoglu, economic development, economics, extractive institutions, inclusive institutions, institutions, james robinson, nobel prize, political power, property rights, shock therapy, simon johnson, the great divergence, washington consensus

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