Pillars of prosperity

Teaching

On this page you can download the original slides summarising the book and the corresponding files to output the slides and figures for each set. In 2021 we updated the slides and these are available to download below.

Slides for each chapter

Updated 2021: Download a single zip file containing a slide set for each chapter, plus new slides for the introduction and references. Download

Book in one slide set

Download a single zipped file which contains: 1 lecture slide set (PDF format) and the files to compile the slides and figures (.lyx, .tex, .eps). Download

This is a non technical summary of all the material in the book. It outlines the motivation and basic insights from our research in the book.

Book in three slide set

Download a single zipped file which contains: 3 lecture slide sets (PDF format) and the files to compile the slides and figures (.lyx, .tex, .eps). Download

This lecture series contains the core model of state capacity and provides a technical summary of all the material in the book.

Lecture 1: Overview, The Core Model of State Capacity, Partial Correlations: we outline the core model with fiscal and legal capacity and investigate some basic correlations in support of our theory.

Lecture 2: Political Violence, Putting Pieces Together: the model is extended to endogenize political violence and the arising typology of states is illustrated.

Lecture 3: Development Assistance, Political Reform, Lessons Learned: we use the model to get policy implication for development aid and political reform. Here we also outline the construction of the pillars of prosperity index.

Slides for each chapter

Download a single zip file containing the original slides for each chapter and the files to output the slides and figures for each chapter. Download