Decoding Development: The Crucial Role of Institutions – Shiping Tang

In Pursuit of Development

Development implies not just growth over a significant period of time but also progressive changes in the structure of an economy. Many influential scholars have identified the crucial role of property rights and the importance of constraining the power of the state while others highlight the importance of political settlements, development clusters, and inclusive economic and political institutions.

Shiping Tang is Fudan Distinguished Professor and Dr. Seaker Chan Chair Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, China. In his latest book, The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development: A systemic account of how institutions shape economic development, he argues that institutions play a pivotal role in shaping and influencing economic development through four key factors: possibility, incentive, capability, and opportunity. In addition, his framework encompasses six significant dimensions: political hierarchy, property rights, social mobility, redistribution, innovation protection, and equal opportunity. Sustained economic development, however, necessitates not only a robust institutional foundation but also strong state capacity and well-crafted socioeconomic policies.

Key highlights

• Introduction – 00:24
• What is economic development? - 03:15
• The development-democracy linkage - 05:19
• Why established understandings of institutions are incomplete - 11:30
• The institutional foundations of economic development - 14:45
• The new development triangle - 21:02
• Explaining China’s economic success - 25:40
• Power and influence of local leaders in China - 34:23
• Achieving sustained economic growth – 44:10

Host

Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)

Apple Spotify YouTube

Subscribe:

https://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com

https://globaldevpod.substack.com/