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Book Review: business politics and the state in Africa: challenging the orthodoxies on growth and transformation,by Tim Kelsall

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Arguing that much of Africa’s recent economic boom has been confined to unsustainable growth in primary commodities, this book contends that African economies need structural transformation into higher-­‐value manufacturing and services. While evidence from other regions emphasizes state action to overcome collective action problems and create the‘predictability’ necessary for structural transformation, conventional wisdom has deemed Africa’s neo-­‐patrimonial political culture too insalubrious an environment for the state to act effectively. This book challenges this view: there can be such a thing as developmental patrimonialism and it mobilizes an array of historical and contemporary material to lobby for stronger and smarter support for industrial policies.

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  • Mann, Laura, 2014. "Book Review: business politics and the state in Africa: challenging the orthodoxies on growth and transformation,by Tim Kelsall," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 85055, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:85055
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