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Institutions and Reform in Africa
The Public Choice Perspective
John Mukum Mbaku
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Institutions and Reform in Africa

The Public Choice Perspective

John Mukum Mbaku John Mukum Mbaku

July 1997

Praeger

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This analysis of post-independence Africa uses public choice theory to examine Africa's failure to engage in effective institutional reform and state reconstruction.

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.
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




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