Industrial Policies and Contemporary Africa: The Transition from Prebendal to Developmental Governance

Richard Joseph
Additional contact information
Richard Joseph: Northwestern University

Chapter 4.5 in The Industrial Policy Revolution II, 2013, pp 293-318 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Africa has entered a new era of economic growth after decades of sustained efforts to promote reforms. During the 1980s, it was recognized that the economic strategies implemented during the first two decades of the post-colonial period had largely failed. Economies were stagnant or in decline, core institutions were eroding, and there was a steady outflow of intellectual talent and financial resources. An economic recovery became apparent in the mid-1990s and has strengthened over the past 15 years, matching the last sustained period of growth in Africa that began in the mid-1950s (Radelet, 2010). Accompanying the economic downturn was political stasis and decay. Competitive party systems eroded and few countries were even minimally democratic in 1990. The economic and political quandary heightened concerns about the legitimacy, efficacy and even coherence of the nation-state systems bequeathed to Africa by colonialism (Joseph, 1999; Herbst, 2000).

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; African Country; Tacit Knowledge; Industrial Policy; Good Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-137-33523-4_12

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781137335234

DOI: 10.1057/9781137335234_12

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().