Privatization, together with liberalization and deregulation, constituted the core of Mozambique's economic transition. Privatization in Mozambique has taken place on an unusually large scale in comparison with the rest of Africa. Privatization interacted with military demobilization and...

Der Bericht untersucht zum einen die Ursachen und Probleme, die dem politischen Transitionsprozeß in den verschiedenen Staaten Afrikas zugrunde liegen, und zum anderen die Chancen und Perspektiven, die sich für die Herausbildung demokratischer Elemente, wie Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit,...

Many public sector reforms in developing countries fail to make governments more functional. This is typically because reforms introduce new solutions that do not fit the contexts in which they are being placed. This situation reflects what has recently been called the 'capability trap' in...