Financial Statecraft of Borrowers - African Governments and External Finance

"An analysis of how developing countries use external finance in aid negotiations. Alexandra O. Zeitz combines statistical analysis and extensive interviews from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya, to provide insights on financial interdependence in the developing world. Ideal for students and researchers in IPE, development studies, and African politics"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theory: the financial statecraft of borrowers; 3. The big picture: large-n evidence; 4. Probing the financial statecraft of borrowers through comparative cases; 5. Ethiopia: successful financial statecraft; 6. Kenya: uneven financial statecraft; 7. Ghana: limited financial statecraft; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Alexandra O. Zeitz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. Her research centres on international finance, sovereign debt, and foreign aid, with a focus on the developing world. She held a Max Weber post-doctoral fellowship at the European University Institute and received her doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford.

Summary

An analysis of how developing countries use external finance in aid negotiations. Alexandra O. Zeitz combines statistical analysis and extensive interviews from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya, to provide insights on financial interdependence in the developing world. Ideal for students and researchers in IPE, development studies, and African politics.

Foreword

Examines how developing countries, especially in Africa, use diverse external finance to enhance leverage in aid negotiations.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra O. Zeitz, Alexandra O. (Concordia University Zeitz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009475068
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947506-8
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International Relations, economic growth, Finance and the finance industry