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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelsall, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic policy.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350218819

1350218812

9781780323336

1780323336

9781283924153

1283924153

9781780323329

1780323328

OCLC:

823719958