Business, Politics, and the State in Africa: Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation
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1. Verfasser: Kelsall, Tim (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Zed Books 2013
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Beschreibung:About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: growth, governance, and economic transformation in Africa; The debate about African growth; The role of industrial policy in development; Rents and economic development; Neo-patrimonialism and the problem of African governance; Developmental patrimonialism?; 1 Developmental Patrimonialism?; Rent management and development -- a model; Figure 1.1 A typology of rent management; Rent management and economic performance in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Malawi
Table 1.1 Regimes, rent management, and economic performanceConclusions; 2 Tanzania: growth without poverty reduction; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 3 Ghana: a star but static performer; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and the investment climate; Sector evidence; Economic performance; Conclusions; 4 Ethiopia: rent-seekers and productive capitalists; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions
5 Rwanda: the party leads, the market followsHistorical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 6 Conclusion: challenging the orthodoxies on business and politics in Africa; Revisiting our argument; Reflections on our cases and our model; Table 6.1 Selected economic indicators: Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda; Figure 6.1 Mixed rent management -- the new African modal type; Beyond the model; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Africa's economies appear to have turned a corner. Commentators are beginning to ask whether a new generation of 'lions' is emerging to challenge the East Asian 'tigers'. This book examines the conditions necessary not just for growth in Africa but for a wider business and economic transformation. Drawing on studies of Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana, it argues, controversially, that neo-patrimonial governance need not be an obstacle to improved economic conditions
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