| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 310 pages) |
| Contents |
The State and African Development / Nicolas van de Walle -- Financing Africa's Development: Towards a Business Plan? / Ibrahim Elbadawi and Alan Gelb -- Tax Reform and Democratic Accountability / Lise Rakner and Siri Gloppen -- Problems and Prospects of Civil Service Reform / Dele Olowu -- Forging Developmental Synergies Between States and Associations / Aili Mari Tripp -- Democratic Decentralization of Natural Resources: Institutional Choice and Discretionary Power Transfers / Jesse Ribot -- Foreign Aid and State Administrative Capability / Aurthur Goldsmith -- Governance and the Private Sector / Linda Cotton and Vijaya Ramachandran -- Governance and Private Investment / James Emery -- Governance in the Security Sector / Nicole Ball, J. 'Kayode Fayemi, 'Funmi Olonisakin, Martin Rupiya, and Rocklyn Williams |
| Summary |
The book starts with the premise that Africa's economic renewal will require moving beyond the narrow bounds of structural adjustment reform and promoting the greater effectiveness of the region's public institutions. Economic reform will not be successful unless the central states in the region develop more productive relationships with the other institutions that inevitably condition economic relations and the context in which development takes place. This institutional debate is particularly important because the recent democratization of African public life has resulted in a rapidly evolving institutional landscape, with the emergence of significant new actors. Each of the chapters in this book examines these relationships and attempts to define the appropriate developmental role of the different institutions that can play a prominent role in Africa's economic future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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Economic policy
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Politics and government
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Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
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Institutionalisme.
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Structurele aanpassing (ontwikkelingseconomie)
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic policy
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001684
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| Subject |
Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Van de Walle, Nicolas, 1957-
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Ball, Nicole
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Ramachandran, Vijaya
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| ISBN |
9781403981288 |
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1403981280 |
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9781403963161 |
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1403963169 |
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9781403963178 |
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1403963177 |
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