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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2006. |
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Online Access: | Texto Completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.