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.

Sommario

Foreword by Gordon Tullock
General Introduction
The African Economies
Changing Global Trade Patterns and Economic Dependence in Africa
Public Choice and African Institutions
Origin of Inefficient Constitutional Rules
Political Instability in Africa
Bureaucratic and Political Corruption
Post Constitutional Opportunism in Africa
The Present Reform Movement in Africa
Public Choice and Institutional Reform
Democratization Strategies for Africa
Preparing Africa for the Twenty-First Century: Lessons from Public Choice
Conclusions: Looking Forward to the Twenty-First Century
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

JOHN MUKUM MBAKU is Professor of Economics at Weber State University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Mbaku, John Mukum Mbaku, Unknown
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.07.1997
• EAN: 9780275958794
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95879-4
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; 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