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Reframing African political economy: Clientelism, rents and accumulation as drivers of capitalist transformation
Gray, Hazel; Whitfield, Lindsay - 2014
about capitalist transformation and the drivers of clientelism embedded within a political settlements approach. We explain … how variations in politics and clientelism stem from variations in the distribution of power across countries and how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291410
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Covid-19 in Africa and its impact on the economy
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Lück, Ole; Meuchelböck, Saskia - 2021
Die Zahl der Covid-19-Fälle und der damit verbundenen Todesfälle in Afrika wird in den offiziellen Daten erheblich …, dass die Meldelücke im Vergleich zu anderen Weltregionen besonders groß ist, Afrika gleichwohl immer noch relativ gut … abschneidet. Die Autoren stellen fest, dass der Rückgang der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in Afrika im Jahr 2020 zwar weniger stark …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012626521
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African economic development: Evidence, theory, policy
Cramer, Christopher; Sender, John; Oqubay, Arkebe - 2020
capitalism for what they are-fundamental and enduring-may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea … policy case for specific types of public sector investment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279352
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The economics of politically-connected firms
Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel - 2008
Political connections between firms and autocratic regimes are not secret and often even publicly displayed in many developing economies. We argue that tying a firm's available rent to a regime’s survival acts as a credible commitment forcing entrepreneurs to support the government and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300611
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Political parties and network formation
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
We argue that anticorruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anticorruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261414
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African trade policy in the 1990s: Political economy or technocratic reforms?
Jones, Chris; Morrissey, Oliver; Nelson, Doug - 2008
The majority of African countries implemented import liberalisation in the 1990s. This paper explores factors that may explain the pattern of protection and of tariff reform. We consider political economy explanations, motivated specifically by the Grossman and Helpman (1994) model of protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288494
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Are biofuels good for African development? An analytical framework with evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - 2010
Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280240
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Policing reforms and economic development in African states. Understanding the linkages: empowering change
Marenin, Otwin - 2013
achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319787
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Reflections
Ranis, Gustav - 1997
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369148
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Post-apartheid South Africa: An economic success story?
Lundahl, Mats; Petersson, Lennart - 2009
rate policy), trade and competition policy, investment strategies and labor market policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273497