Scholars and practitioners once commonly linked .African culture. to a distinctive .African capitalism., at odds with … genuine capitalism and the demands of modern business. Yet contemporary African business cultures reveal that a capitalist …

relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective consequences for allocation of public services, welfare …We provide a theory of political clientelism, which explains sources and determinants of political clientelism, the …

What makes elites developmental instead of predatory? We argue that Mozambique’s elite was developmental at … development in Latin America, or Volkskapitalisme in apartheid South Africa. But Mozambique’s elite has also returned to two other … traditions – that development is done by the elite and by foreigners. There is little support for development of local SMEs and …

. This essay focuses on structural analysis of the distinction between these two fractions of the elite and the implications …

Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market …

examined by contrasting the experiences of China and Mexico since these economies introduced trade liberalization. The …

poverty by directly increasing household income. Using a panel of rural households in Mexico from October 1998 to November …