On Some Theoretical Issues about Historical Strata Analysis

Some Historical, Theoretical, and Methodological Issues in Identifying E¤ects of Political Institutions

Recent research on the impact of institutions su¤ers from historical, theoretical, and methodological problems. The historical issue is whether the initially poorer countries became wealthier, as Acemoglou, Johnson, and Robinson (2002) would have us believe. The theoretical question is whether the institutions that should matter are those that protect property rights or those that coordindate i...

Human Resource Development: Some Theoretical Issues

Some theoretical issues in heavy flavour physics

Some of the recent developments in heavy flavour physics will be reviewed. This will include an update on some of the Standard Model predictions, and a summary of recent measurements that may indicate the presence of new physics (NP). The focus will be on selected models of NP that are indicated by the anomalies in the current data. Observables that can potentially yield signatures of specific ...

Teaching about development: Some professional issues

Aboriginal Health in Australia: Some Historical Observations and Contemporary Issues

v) Government interactions with representative Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO) have all but rarely been characterised by unequal power relationships which features a lack of respect for Aboriginal peoples, and our history, culture, society, intelligence, human rights and sovereignty. It has been recognised that all too often bureaucrats and their appointed advisers ...