The Economics and Politics of State-business Relations in Africa
Author | : Adrian Leftwich |
Publisher | : Young Writers |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 9780955911101 |
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Author | : Adrian Leftwich |
Publisher | : Young Writers |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 9780955911101 |
Author | : Kunal Sen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135129061 |
When the state and business interact effectively they can promote a more efficient allocation of scarce resources, appropriate industrial policy and a more effective and prioritised removal of key obstacles to growth, than when the two sides fail to co-operate or engage in harmful collusion. This book, based on original empirical research undertaken in Africa and India, addresses what constitutes the effectiveness of state-business relations, what explains their formation and evolution over time and whether effective state-business relations matter for economic performance. Analysing the effects of state-business relations on economic performance at both the macro and micro levels, the book concludes that where effective state-business relations are established – either through formal or informal institutional patterns and relationships – the growth effects are generally positive. Establishing, sustaining and renewing effective state-business relations are political processes. The better organized the business community and the government are for purposes of such relations, the more effective state-business relations will be in negotiating growth enhancing policies. The book is of interest to researchers in the fields of development studies, management, economics and political science.
Author | : John Page |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198796951 |
Examines how African policy makers might develop better coordination between the public and private sectors to identify the constraints to faster structural transformation, and to design, implement, and monitor policies to remove them.
Author | : Robert A. Dibie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2017-07-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351792652 |
This book endeavors to take the conceptualization of the relationship between business, government and development in African countries to a new level. In the twenty-first century, the interests and operations of government and business inevitably intersect all over the African continent. No government, federal or state, can afford to ignore the needs of business. But what are these needs, how does business express its needs to government and what institutions organize government-business relations in African countries? How should government regulate business, or should it choose to let the markets rule? Government and Business Relations in Africa brings together many of sub-Saharan African leading scholars to address these critical questions. Business and Government Relations in Africa examines the key players in the game—federal and state governments and business groups—and the processes that govern the relationships between them. It looks at the regulatory regimes that have an impact on business and provides a number of case studies of the relationships between government and economic development around the African continent, highlighting different processes and practices. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to business-government relations and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of African politics, comparative politics, public policy, business and politics, sustainable development and sustainability, economic development, and managerial economics.
Author | : Marta Martinelli |
Publisher | : Edizioni Nuova Cultura |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2015-11-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 8868125951 |
Africa is experiencing one of the greatest transformations of its history. Today’s Sub-Saharan Africa is still marked by enduring instability, mass migrations and crises, but at the same time it is also characterised by positive developments including economic growth and regional integration. This publication sheds light on these changes from three perspectives: economic policies and sustainable development; good governance and democracy; peace and security. Research in relevant regions in Sub-Saharan Africa and key countries (Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa) has been conducted by African and European experts with the aim of assessing the role of the private sector and determining the partner-ship opportunities that could potentially be developed with the public sector. A series of policy recommendations are offered to the European Union on how to tackle these opportunities in cooperation with old and new actors.
Author | : Vishnu Padayachee |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2010-06-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136989064 |
The Political Economy of Africa addresses the real possibilities for African development in the coming decades when seen in the light of the continent’s economic performance over the last half-century. This involves an effort to emancipate our thinking from the grip of western economic models that have often ignored Africa’s diversity in their rush to peddle simple nostrums of dubious merit. The book addresses the seemingly intractable economic problems of the African continent, and traces their origins. It also brings out the instances of successful economic change, and the possibilities for economic revival and renewal. As well as surveying the variety of contemporary situations, the text will provide readers with a firm grasp of the historical background to the topic. It explores issues such as: employment and poverty social policy and security structural adjustment programs and neo-liberal globalization majority rule and democratization taxation and resource mobilization. It contains a selection of country specific case studies from a range of international contributors, many of whom have lived and worked in Africa. The book will be of particular interest to higher level students in political economy, development studies, area studies (Africa) and economics in general.
Author | : Kelechi Johnmary Ani |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2021-08-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9811620369 |
This book shows the push and pull effects between resources, human security and conflicts in Africa. It recognizes the need for resources in Africa to be processed into finished goods in order to influence global market and redefine the pattern of trade relations with powerful countries of Asia, America and Europe in shaping the destiny and future of African countries. The achievement of this laudable objective is plagued by the security challenges which are directly or indirectly linked to resource-related conflicts rocking most of the resource endowed countries in the continent, thereby threatening global peace and security. To deal with this menace in the continent, it requires global co-operation and support of foreign governments, international organizations, international non-government organizations, governments of host countries and its citizens. The book presents the cases and experiences of countries that are endowed with resource, as well as have experienced different forms of human insecurity and have witnessed environmental conflicts in its analysis, which make the discourse interesting and quite educating.
Author | : Charles Chukwuma Soludo |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 1592211658 |
This book maps the process and political economy of policy making in Africa. It's focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique and it will appeal to students and academics in economics, political economy, political science and African studies. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to country depending on the form of government, ethnicity and nationality and other social factors.
Author | : Doctor Tim Kelsall |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2013-01-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1780323328 |
In recent years Africa appears to have turned a corner economically. It is posting increased growth rates and is no longer the world's slowest growing region. Commentators are beginning to ask whether emerging from Africa is a new generation of 'lion' economies to challenge the East Asian 'tigers'? This book goes behind the headlines to examine the conditions necessary not just for growth in Africa but for a wider business and economic transformation. Contrary to neoliberal economics, it argues that governments can play an important role in this through selective interventions to correct market failures, and, controversially, that neo-patrimonial governance need not be an obstacle to improved business and economic conditions. Drawing on a variety of timely case studies - including Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana - this provocative book provides a radical new theory of the political and institutional conditions required for pro-poor growth in Africa.
Author | : Işik Özel |
Publisher | : Routledge Political Economy of |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780415529808 |
This book argues that a key factor leading to successful economic development is the relationship between business and the state. Based on extensive original research, the book shows how the formation of long-standing coalitions between state institutions and business institutions can be crucial.