Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation.
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 e...
| Основен автор: | Kelsall, Tim. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Zed Books,
2013.
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Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation. |
Съдържание:
- 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 Cote 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.