components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity … account for government quality dynamics of corruption-control, government-effectiveness, voice and accountability, political … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …

and accountable government than elsewhere in Africa after independence with the desire and incentive to adopt good …. There are many lessons for other African countries from these policy choices. -- governance ; patrimonialism ; state …