State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin

The Institutional Diagnostic Project

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This volume offers a thorough account of the economic, social and political development of Benin with a detailed analysis of its critical institution- and development-sensitive areas. It also points to the need for several institutional reforms, whose political economy is carefully examined in the Benin context"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2023
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 756g
• ISBN-13: 9781009278539
• ISBN-10: 1009278533
• Artikelnr.: 67742768

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. An Overview of Economic and Institutional Constraints on Benin's
Development: 1. The spatial, historical and socio-political context
Platteau; 2. Exploring the reasons behind modest economic performances
Houssa-Reding; 3. Quality of institutions: lessons from quantitative and
qualitative evidence Houssa-Bourguignon; Part II. A Deeper Investigation of
Some Key Sectors and Institutions: 4. Campaign finance and state capture
Ch, Hounkpe and Wantchekon, with discussion by Cruz; 5. The cotton sector:
history of a capture Honfoga, Houssa, Dedehouanou, with discussion by
Thériault; 6. The tax effort: a comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa and
Benin Caldeira and Rota-Graziosi, with discussion by Médé; 7. The political
economy of land reform Lavigne Delville, with discussion by Houngbedji; 8.
The critical role of informal trading with Nigeria Golub-Mbaye, with
discussion by Igué; Part III. Synthesis: 9. A patrimonial regime with
multiple oligarchs Bourguignon-Platteau.