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Constructing Institutional Measures: Indicators of Political and Property Rights in M ozambique, 1900–2005
Author(s) -
Luiz John Manuel,
Pereira Luis Brites,
Oliveira Guilherme
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/gove.12002
Subject(s) - politics , property rights , index (typography) , measure (data warehouse) , property (philosophy) , political science , duration (music) , set (abstract data type) , law , computer science , data mining , art , philosophy , literature , epistemology , world wide web , programming language
In this article, we focus on the role of political and economic institutions in M ozambique's development. We produce a set of institutional indicators for M ozambique for the period 1900–2005. The first index tracks political freedoms and is unique in its duration and complexity. The second index is a measure of property rights for M ozambique, and such a measure has not existed previously and certainly not for this length of time. The construction of these indices is a painstaking process through historical records but it provides us with a richness of institutional data previously not available. The new institutional indices will allow us to explore the role of the institutional environment in determining economic growth and development in M ozambique over time.