Projections 7: Institutional Innovations for Development
Projections, the Journal of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on the most innovative and cutting edge research in planning. Each volume is devoted to a different topic of interest to planning scholars, students, and professionals. As a peer-reviewed publication, Projections welcomes original high quality submissions at the vanguard of planning theory and practice.
The theme for this volume focuses on the role of institutional innovations in the economic and social development of developing countries. We welcomed empirical studies as well as theoretical discourses regarding institutional change and how this process facilitates economic and social development in developing and transitional countries. We approached institutions and institutional change in a broad sense, meaning both informal and formal institutions. Similarly, when we discuss “institutional innovations”, we mean both new ideas that challenge the existing rules of the game and those that build on the existing institutions. Since this topic is very broad, we narrowed down the analysis to three specifi c areas of interest: land markets, infrastructure, and technological innovations. Below, we discuss briefl y each area and the papers included under each track.