African Successes, Volume I

Published by University of Chicago Press 2016

African Successes, Volume I

Government and Institutions

Edited by: Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson and David N. Weil

Volume 1 in the series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report

https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226316369

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About this book

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level.

The first volume in the series, African Successes: Governments and Institutions considers the role governments and institutions have played in recent developments and identifies the factors that enable economists to predict the way institutions will function.

Author information

Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics in the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. David N. Weil is the James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University. All three editors are research associates of the NBER.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Series Introduction Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson and David N. Weil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Volume Introduction Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson and David N. Weil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
I. Political Economy and Conflict
1. Healing the Wounds: Learning from Sierra Leone’s Postwar Institutional Reforms Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster and Edward Miguel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. The Political Economy of Government Revenues in Postconflict Resource- Rich Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone Victor A. B. Davies and Sylvain Dessy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty- Related Services? Evidence from Benin Emilie Caldeira, Martial Foucault and Grégoire Rota-Graziosi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village- Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso Margaret S McMillan, William A. Masters and Harounan Kazianga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
5. New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa Ilia Rainer and Francesco Trebbi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
II. Government Regulation and Basic Institutions
6. Deals versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Gita Khun-Jush and Lant Pritchett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
7 The Unofficial Economy in Africa Rafael La Porta and Andrei Shleifer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
8. State versus Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya James Habyarimana and William Jack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
III. Long- Run Assessments
9. Fifteen Years On: Household Incomes in South Africa Murray Leibbrandt and James Levinsohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
10. Is Tanzania a Success Story? A Long-Term Analysis Sebastian Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441

Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 432
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- Other: 5 halftones, 48 line drawings, 102 tables
Keywords: Africa; economic development; conflict; institutions; decentralization; autocracy; ethnic groups; governance; informal sector; corruption

eBook

Published: September 23, 2016
ISBN: 9780226316369