Institutions and Reform in Africa The Public Choice Perspective

The end of the Cold War, the cessation of superpower rivalry, and the demise of apartheid in South Africa have offered Africans another opportunity to engage in effective institutional reform and state reconstruction. This book emphasizes the importance of institutions to economic growth and development and, using public choice theory, provides guidelines that can be used to initiate and implement an effective people-driven institutional reform program on the continent.

About the author

JOHN MUKUM MBAKU is Professor of Economics at Weber State University, Utah, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Third World Studies. Dr. Mbaku's research interests include public choice, consitutional political economy, trade integration, intergroup relations, and Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Unknown, John Mukum Mbaku, John Mbaku
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.07.1997
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780275958794
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95879-4
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1960 to c 1969, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Political structure and processes, Geography and World Cultures