Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development

The upper-income, advanced industrial countries of the world today all have market economies with open competition, competitive multi-party democratic political systems, and a secure government monopoly over violence. Such open access orders, however, are not the only norm and equilibrium type of society. The middle and low-income developing countries today, like all countries before about 1800, can be understood as limited access orders that maintain their equilibrium in a fundamentally different way. In limited access orders, the state does not have a secure monopoly on violence, and society organizes itself to control violence among the elite factions. A common feature of limited access orders is that political elites divide up control of the economy, each getting some share of the rents. Since outbreaks of violence reduce the rents, the elite factions have incentives to be peaceable most of the time. Adequate stability of the rents and thus of the social order requires limiting access and competition-hence a social order with a fundamentally different logic than the open access order. This paper lays out such a framework and explores some of its implications for the problems of development today.

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Main Authors: North, Douglass C., Wallis, John Joseph, Webb, Steven B., Weingast, Barry R.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-09
Subjects:ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, AID, ASSETS, AUTONOMY, BANKS, BARRIER, BASIC SERVICES, BRIBES, BUSINESS CORPORATIONS, CELL PHONES, CELL-PHONE, CENTRAL BANKS, CIVIL SOCIETY, COLLAPSE, COLLAPSES, COLLECTIVE, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, COMPANY, COMPETITIVE MARKET, CONSOLIDATION, CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS, CORPORATE ORGANIZATION, CORPORATIONS, CORRUPT, CRIPPLE, CRISES, CUSTOM, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, DIRECT CLAIM, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DIVISION OF LABOR, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC COMPETITION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC THEORY, ECONOMICS, ELECTRICITY, EX ANTE, EXPORT EARNINGS, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FULL POTENTIAL, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT REVENUE, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, HARDWARE, INCOME, INCORPORATION, INCORPORATION LAWS, INDIVIDUALS, INNOVATION, INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTIGATION, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES, JOINT VENTURE, JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, JUDICIARIES, JUDICIARY, JUSTICE, JUSTICES, LABOR MARKETS, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL PROTECTION, LEGAL PROTECTIONS, LEGAL SYSTEMS, LICENSES, LIMITED, LIMITED ACCESS, LIMITED LIABILITY, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS, MARKET ECONOMIES, MARKET ECONOMY, MATERIAL, MEDIA, MENU, MENUS, MONEY LAUNDERING, MONOPOLY, MONOPOLY PROFITS, MOTIVATION, MOVEMENT, MULTINATIONAL, NATURAL RESOURCES, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW TECHNOLOGY, OPEN ACCESS, OPEN MARKET, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, PETTY CORRUPTION, POLICE, POLITICAL CONTROL, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL INTERESTS, POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL PROCESS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, POLITICIANS, PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE NETWORKS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC FUNDS, RADIO, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, RENTS, RESULT, RESULTS, RULE OF LAW, RULING PARTY, SANCTIONS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL STRUCTURES, SOCIETIES, SOCIETY, STOCK CORPORATIONS, STOCKHOLDERS, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONES, TELEVISION, TORTS, TRIAL, TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, UNION, UNIVERSITIES, USER, VIOLENCE, WEB, WESTERN EUROPE,
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spelling dig-okr-1098673412024-08-08T16:53:42Z Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development North, Douglass C. Wallis, John Joseph Webb, Steven B. Weingast, Barry R. ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AID ASSETS AUTONOMY BANKS BARRIER BASIC SERVICES BRIBES BUSINESS CORPORATIONS CELL PHONES CELL-PHONE CENTRAL BANKS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLAPSE COLLAPSES COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSOLIDATION CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS CORPORATE ORGANIZATION CORPORATIONS CORRUPT CRIPPLE CRISES CUSTOM DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DIRECT CLAIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVISION OF LABOR DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY EX ANTE EXPORT EARNINGS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FREEDOM OF SPEECH FULL POTENTIAL GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY HARDWARE INCOME INCORPORATION INCORPORATION LAWS INDIVIDUALS INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATION JOINT STOCK COMPANIES JOINT VENTURE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JUSTICE JUSTICES LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROTECTIONS LEGAL SYSTEMS LICENSES LIMITED LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MATERIAL MEDIA MENU MENUS MONEY LAUNDERING MONOPOLY MONOPOLY PROFITS MOTIVATION MOVEMENT MULTINATIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS OPEN MARKET ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PETTY CORRUPTION POLICE POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POLITICIANS PRIVATE CORPORATIONS PRIVATE NETWORKS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FUNDS RADIO REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENTS RESULT RESULTS RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SANCTIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS SOCIAL STRUCTURES SOCIETIES SOCIETY STOCK CORPORATIONS STOCKHOLDERS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELEPHONE TELEPHONES TELEVISION TORTS TRIAL TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS UNION UNIVERSITIES USER VIOLENCE WEB WESTERN EUROPE The upper-income, advanced industrial countries of the world today all have market economies with open competition, competitive multi-party democratic political systems, and a secure government monopoly over violence. Such open access orders, however, are not the only norm and equilibrium type of society. The middle and low-income developing countries today, like all countries before about 1800, can be understood as limited access orders that maintain their equilibrium in a fundamentally different way. In limited access orders, the state does not have a secure monopoly on violence, and society organizes itself to control violence among the elite factions. A common feature of limited access orders is that political elites divide up control of the economy, each getting some share of the rents. Since outbreaks of violence reduce the rents, the elite factions have incentives to be peaceable most of the time. Adequate stability of the rents and thus of the social order requires limiting access and competition-hence a social order with a fundamentally different logic than the open access order. This paper lays out such a framework and explores some of its implications for the problems of development today. 2012-06-06T21:00:30Z 2012-06-06T21:00:30Z 2007-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8332470/limited-access-orders-developing-world-new-approach-problems-development https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7341 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4359 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
AID
ASSETS
AUTONOMY
BANKS
BARRIER
BASIC SERVICES
BRIBES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
CELL PHONES
CELL-PHONE
CENTRAL BANKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSES
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSOLIDATION
CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
CORPORATIONS
CORRUPT
CRIPPLE
CRISES
CUSTOM
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
DIRECT CLAIM
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
EX ANTE
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FULL POTENTIAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
HARDWARE
INCOME
INCORPORATION
INCORPORATION LAWS
INDIVIDUALS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
JUSTICES
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LICENSES
LIMITED
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MENU
MENUS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY PROFITS
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT
MULTINATIONAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN MARKET
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICE
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
PRIVATE NETWORKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
RADIO
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
STOCK CORPORATIONS
STOCKHOLDERS
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TORTS
TRIAL
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
UNION
UNIVERSITIES
USER
VIOLENCE
WEB
WESTERN EUROPE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
AID
ASSETS
AUTONOMY
BANKS
BARRIER
BASIC SERVICES
BRIBES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
CELL PHONES
CELL-PHONE
CENTRAL BANKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSES
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSOLIDATION
CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
CORPORATIONS
CORRUPT
CRIPPLE
CRISES
CUSTOM
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
DIRECT CLAIM
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
EX ANTE
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FULL POTENTIAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
HARDWARE
INCOME
INCORPORATION
INCORPORATION LAWS
INDIVIDUALS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
JUSTICES
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LICENSES
LIMITED
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MENU
MENUS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY PROFITS
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT
MULTINATIONAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN MARKET
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICE
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
PRIVATE NETWORKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
RADIO
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
STOCK CORPORATIONS
STOCKHOLDERS
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TORTS
TRIAL
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
UNION
UNIVERSITIES
USER
VIOLENCE
WEB
WESTERN EUROPE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
AID
ASSETS
AUTONOMY
BANKS
BARRIER
BASIC SERVICES
BRIBES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
CELL PHONES
CELL-PHONE
CENTRAL BANKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSES
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSOLIDATION
CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
CORPORATIONS
CORRUPT
CRIPPLE
CRISES
CUSTOM
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
DIRECT CLAIM
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
EX ANTE
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FULL POTENTIAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
HARDWARE
INCOME
INCORPORATION
INCORPORATION LAWS
INDIVIDUALS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
JUSTICES
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LICENSES
LIMITED
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MENU
MENUS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY PROFITS
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT
MULTINATIONAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN MARKET
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICE
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
PRIVATE NETWORKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
RADIO
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
STOCK CORPORATIONS
STOCKHOLDERS
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TORTS
TRIAL
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
UNION
UNIVERSITIES
USER
VIOLENCE
WEB
WESTERN EUROPE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
AID
ASSETS
AUTONOMY
BANKS
BARRIER
BASIC SERVICES
BRIBES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
CELL PHONES
CELL-PHONE
CENTRAL BANKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSES
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSOLIDATION
CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
CORPORATIONS
CORRUPT
CRIPPLE
CRISES
CUSTOM
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
DIRECT CLAIM
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
EX ANTE
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FULL POTENTIAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
HARDWARE
INCOME
INCORPORATION
INCORPORATION LAWS
INDIVIDUALS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
JUSTICES
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LICENSES
LIMITED
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MENU
MENUS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY PROFITS
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT
MULTINATIONAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN MARKET
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICE
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
PRIVATE NETWORKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
RADIO
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
STOCK CORPORATIONS
STOCKHOLDERS
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TORTS
TRIAL
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
UNION
UNIVERSITIES
USER
VIOLENCE
WEB
WESTERN EUROPE
North, Douglass C.
Wallis, John Joseph
Webb, Steven B.
Weingast, Barry R.
Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
description The upper-income, advanced industrial countries of the world today all have market economies with open competition, competitive multi-party democratic political systems, and a secure government monopoly over violence. Such open access orders, however, are not the only norm and equilibrium type of society. The middle and low-income developing countries today, like all countries before about 1800, can be understood as limited access orders that maintain their equilibrium in a fundamentally different way. In limited access orders, the state does not have a secure monopoly on violence, and society organizes itself to control violence among the elite factions. A common feature of limited access orders is that political elites divide up control of the economy, each getting some share of the rents. Since outbreaks of violence reduce the rents, the elite factions have incentives to be peaceable most of the time. Adequate stability of the rents and thus of the social order requires limiting access and competition-hence a social order with a fundamentally different logic than the open access order. This paper lays out such a framework and explores some of its implications for the problems of development today.
topic_facet ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
AID
ASSETS
AUTONOMY
BANKS
BARRIER
BASIC SERVICES
BRIBES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
CELL PHONES
CELL-PHONE
CENTRAL BANKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLAPSE
COLLAPSES
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSOLIDATION
CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
CORPORATIONS
CORRUPT
CRIPPLE
CRISES
CUSTOM
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
DIRECT CLAIM
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
EX ANTE
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FULL POTENTIAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
HARDWARE
INCOME
INCORPORATION
INCORPORATION LAWS
INDIVIDUALS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
JUSTICES
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LICENSES
LIMITED
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MENU
MENUS
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY PROFITS
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT
MULTINATIONAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN MARKET
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PETTY CORRUPTION
POLICE
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL INTERESTS
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
PRIVATE NETWORKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC FUNDS
RADIO
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RENTS
RESULT
RESULTS
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
STOCK CORPORATIONS
STOCKHOLDERS
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TORTS
TRIAL
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
UNION
UNIVERSITIES
USER
VIOLENCE
WEB
WESTERN EUROPE
author North, Douglass C.
Wallis, John Joseph
Webb, Steven B.
Weingast, Barry R.
author_facet North, Douglass C.
Wallis, John Joseph
Webb, Steven B.
Weingast, Barry R.
author_sort North, Douglass C.
title Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
title_short Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
title_full Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
title_fullStr Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
title_full_unstemmed Limited Access Orders in the Developing World : A New Approach to the Problems of Development
title_sort limited access orders in the developing world : a new approach to the problems of development
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