Introduction

Abstract

This book is the result of a research process that involved many people over four years. We want to express here our gratitude to the friends and colleagues as well as the institutions that made this journey possible. First we would like to thank all the authors that took part in this project for their excellent contributions contained in this volume. This book would not be possible without your commitment, patience, and dedication throughout this process. Each one of you made this project better. We also must acknowledge our debts to the local research group based in

A Common Good Approach to Development A Common Good Approach to Development , edited by Mathias Nebel, Oscar Garza-Vazquez, and Clemens Sedmak, Cambridge, UK, Open Books Publishers, 2022, viii + 392 pp., ISBN 978-1-80064-404-5.

“…People's actions and their acting together in a shared institutional framework are the drivers or impediments of development. In this sense, Beretta and Nebel (2020) write:…”