Values, Institutional Quality and Development
What is their contribution to national development? Find the answer to these and other questions in this study by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
This study by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos aimed to carry out a reliable assessment of the functioning and quality of Portuguese institutions through an intensive analysis of organisations and agencies considered to be emblematic in the country's institutional framework. In order to achieve this goal, the project was based on previous theoretical work aimed at a comprehensive and measurable definition of the concept of "institution" and on previous empirical research, for which a methodology was developed that would allow concrete existing institutions to be analysed and their influence on the social and economic progress of each country to be ascertained.
Given the impossibility of investigating all Portuguese institutions, six public and private national organisations were selected because they were not only important in their own right, but they were also likely to shed some light on the wider universe of the country's institutions:
- Electricity – EDP;
- Food and Economic Safety Authority – ASAE;
- Post Office – CTT;
- National Health Service – SNS (Santa Maria Hospital);
- Lisbon Stock Exchange (New York Stock Exchange – Euronext Lisbon);
- Tax and Customs Authority – AT
Through this study, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos sought to contribute to more in-depth knowledge of the Portuguese reality, thus fulfilling its founding principle.