TY - BOOK AU - Acemoglu,Daron AU - Robinson,James A. TI - Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty SN - 9780307719218 U1 - 330 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Crown KW - ECONOMÍA KW - LEMB KW - HISTORIA KW - DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO Y SOCIAL KW - ASPECTOS POLÍTICOS N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-509) and index N2 - Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? ER -