Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms in Africa Theory and Empirical Evidence for Tanzania /

This book identifies rent-seeking behaviour as one of the main causes of poor economic performance, observed, among other places, in many countries of Africa. Rent-seeking describes the ability to capture incomes without producing output or making a productive contribution. Since rent-seekers are of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Pius (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Temas:
Development economics.
Ethnology.
Culture.
Economic policy.
Social policy.
Development Economics.
Regional Cultural Studies.
Economic Policy.
Social Policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why Is Rent-Seeking Relevant for Developing Countries and Their Reforms?
  • What Is Rent-Seeking?
  • Evaluating Rents, Rent-Seeking Investments and Rent-Seeking Costs
  • Addressing Fundamentals: Explaining the Motivation for and Success of Rent-Seeking Behaviour and Policies
  • Reforms, Rent-Seeking and Rent-Seeking Opposition
  • Rent-Seeking: Empirical Evidence for Tanzania
  • From Socialist Ideology to Rent-Seeking Reality
  • Stabilisation and Structural Adjustment in Tanzania: A Rent-Seeking Approach to Explain Reform Records
  • Where Rent-Seekers Seek Rents: Parastatals-Hardliners in a Rent-Seeking Economy
  • Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

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