Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and CuresLynne Rienner Publishers, 2003 - Broj stranica: 159 This discussion of Africa's stagnant economies and civil disorders examines the dysfunctional incentives under which the continent's political and economic elites typically operate and offers a new way of thinking about Africa's development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Weak states, personal rule and aid dependence, argue the authors, combine to create deep disincentives to development. Most often, these negative structural features are sustained by the nature of Africa's interaction with the rest of the international system; thus, the cure must come from a radical restructuring of that relationship. The specific, and decidedly controversial, prescription for change that is at the heart of Africa's Stalled Development should stimulate a much-needed debate. |
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The Contemporary African State The Politics of Distorted Incentives | 1 |
Debt and Aid Righting the Incentives | 21 |
Technical Assistance The Corrosion of Unwitting Institutional Racism | 37 |
The Causes of Civil Conflict in Africa | 57 |
Civil Conflict and International Humanitarian Intervention | 83 |
Conclusion | 103 |
Appendixes | 111 |
Notes | 119 |
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Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures David K. Leonard,Scott Straus Pregled nije dostupan - 2003 |
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