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State-business relations as drivers of economic performance

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  • Alberto Lemma
  • Dirk Willem te Velde

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Effective state-business relations (SBRs) have been lacking in industrial policy thinking despite the strong theoretical case for SBRs. The empirical study of state-business relations in developing countries has emerged only recently, with notable contributions starting in the mid-1990s, developing further in the 2000s and gaining more general acceptance in the 2010s. The evidence suggests that effective SBRs can matter for economic performance. The case studies suggest that SBRs can be effective (Mauritius) but also ineffective (Malawi).

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  • Alberto Lemma & Dirk Willem te Velde, 2015. "State-business relations as drivers of economic performance," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-098, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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