institutional framework

noun

The systems of formal laws, regulations, and procedures, and informal conventions, customs, and norms, that shape socioeconomic activity and behaviour.

Meanings

nouninstitutional framework (plural institutional frameworks)

plural institutional frameworks

  1. The systems of formal laws, regulations, and procedures, and informal conventions, customs, and norms, that shape socioeconomic activity and behaviour.
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