Some economist admit that the deep determinants are too difficult to be influenced, but others think that there are always the right policies to handle them.
Modern economic research has begun to focus on the deep determinants that effect economic growth. This is due to the ability of some international institutions to measure these variables at the level of the cross section countries (such as the State fragility index, the peace index and the index of religious components). This indicates the importance of these determinants in economic growth and the possibility of strengthening them through the use of appropriate policies.
You should study the right policies, but a focus on economic and institutional entrepreneurship is also needed.
Prevailing conditions influence the result of any activity, venture, programme, intervention, etc. This therefore makes conditions prevalent very important to economic growth. But come to think of it, most of the deep determinants of economic growth such as conflicts, fragile institutions, corruption, etc. are man-made. In consequence, although I agree that such deep determinants are prime bottlenecks to economic growth as they tend to be difficult to control, I don’t agree to them being a destiny.
Indeed, demographic bad luck, as in geographical constraints, is one thing since it further injures disadvantaged economies to hinder growth and development. It might therefore seem nothing can be done in such cases. The case might even be more severe when such geographically disadvantaged economies are bordered by unstable ones that are constantly engaged in conflicts, civil wars, terrorism, etc. Such acts disconnect and cripple businesses, collapse industries, weaken and/or destroy institutions and infrastructure and disorient people to further cripple such economies to, in turn, create no platform whatsoever for trade, thereby hindering economic growth.
This means being geographically disadvantaged calls for innovative ideas, and the development and implementation of bold and creative policies appropriate to local industries, but particularly so manufacturing industries of such ill-fated economies, to promote maximum utilisation of available resources to push the needle on economic growth and development to advance industrialisation and lives. It is worth noting here that the only way to economic growth and development is through industrialisation, which has an acknowledged ability to create prosperity, new jobs and better incomes for all (see, e.g., https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-2016/why-has-africa-failed-industrialize). Industrialisation can only be made possible through pragmatic and facilitative leadership and governance. Unfortunately, such type of leadership is usually non-existent mostly in developing economies, thereby paving the way for poor governance of geographically and non-geographically disadvantaged economies alike, and poor resource management including distribution of wealth (local resources like oil, timber, precious minerals and tourism). The aftermath of such poor governance and resource management is more severe for demographically bad luck economies.
Although poor wealth distribution is one key issue that affects equitable economic growth, there exists an even more disturbing issue of exploitation of such resources on the one hand and tax evasion by foreign investors and big companies on the other hand, which is made possible through poor leadership as well as corruption that further weakens the systems that be and clogs pipelines to development in both the private- and public-sectors of an economy. Yet, despite the acknowledgement and increased awareness of the impact of corruption and the need to control it for sustained economic growth, there hardly exists a strong political will and legislative framework to fight it, especially in developing economies, geographically disadvantaged economies inclusive. This has continually led to destabilised governments and undermined democracies that systematically sap economic growth, other than to reformed and pragmatic approaches to leadership and governance critical to create opportunities and foundations that (can) advance economic growth.
I hope this helps. You might also want to check out a related discussion at https://www.researchgate.net/post/Poor_countries_explain_their_inability_to_be_rich_through_dependency_theory_Your_thoughts