agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint effects of … industrialisation and digital infrastructure on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we mine data for 42 African countries for …) mobilisation efforts in Africa, the effects of the former is rather remarkable in the presence of the latter. Particularly, we find …

Despite the low levels of taxation and public good provision in Africa, I provide evidence that a large proportion of … its potential threats to the autonomy of society. I show the historic social contracts in Africa rarely featured taxation … the way Africa is governed today …

. Descriptive analysis shows that many polities in Africa have been characterized by strong growth in fiscal capacity. As a next … only are states in Africa more capable than hitherto thought, but the international environment shapes their capacity, both …

, South Africa, Uganda, and Venezuela from their inception to the early 2000s. Using the comparative case study method, he …