Do Donors Matter for Institutional Reform in Africa?

Tony Addison

No DP2001-141, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The last twenty years has seen an extensive and exhausting debate on how to improve the institutions of African states. But progress has been patchy at best. Many of the problems arise from a 'partial-reform equilibrium'; initial reforms are undertaken, but then strong resistance is encountered, and reform is not completed. Consequently, although donors may be heartened to find governments speaking the rhetoric of private-sector development, governments may not in fact buy into many second-generation reforms.

Keywords: Democracy; Economic assistance and foreign aid; Public expenditures; Institutional economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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