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Do Donors Matter for Institutional Reform in Africa?

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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.

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  • Tony Addison, 2001. "Do Donors Matter for Institutional Reform in Africa?," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-141, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:dp2001-141
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    1. Abegaz, Berhanu, 2013. "Aid, Accountability, and Institution-Building in Ethiopia: a Comparative Analysis of Donor Practice," WIDER Working Paper Series 083, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Ke-Young Chu, 2004. "A Model of a Rule of Law and a Rule of Man: Implications for the Design of Institutions," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-65, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Berhanu Abegaz, 2013. "Aid, Accountability, and Institution-Building in Ethiopia: a Comparative Analysis of Donor Practice," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-083, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Sajjad Hassan, 2006. "Reconstruction from Breakdown in Northeastern India: Building State Capability," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-78, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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