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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823484403321

Autore

Kelsall Tim

Titolo

Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation / / Tim Kelsall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21881-2

1-78032-333-6

1-283-92415-3

1-78032-332-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Classificazione

83.30

Disciplina

338.96

Soggetti

Development studies

Africa Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: growth, governance, and economic transformation in Africa; The debate about African growth; The role of industrial policy in development; Rents and economic development; Neo-patrimonialism and the problem of African governance; Developmental patrimonialism?; 1 Developmental Patrimonialism?; Rent management and development -- a model; Figure 1.1 A typology of rent management; Rent management and economic performance in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Malawi.

Table 1.1 Regimes, rent management, and economic performanceConclusions; 2 Tanzania: growth without poverty reduction; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 3 Ghana: a star but static performer; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and the investment climate; Sector evidence; Economic performance; Conclusions; 4 Ethiopia: rent-seekers and productive capitalists; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions.



5 Rwanda: the party leads, the market followsHistorical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 6 Conclusion: challenging the orthodoxies on business and politics in Africa; Revisiting our argument; Reflections on our cases and our model; Table 6.1 Selected economic indicators: Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda; Figure 6.1 Mixed rent management -- the new African modal type; Beyond the model; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Africa's economies appear to have turned a corner. Commentators are beginning to ask whether a new generation of 'lions' is emerging to challenge the East Asian 'tigers'. This book examines the conditions necessary not just for growth in Africa but for a wider business and economic transformation. Drawing on studies of Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana, it argues, controversially, that neo-patrimonial governance need not be an obstacle to improved economic conditions.