State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin - The Institutional Diagnostic Project

Benin is a small slow-growing economy whose development relies on three sources of rent, controlled by self-centered elites. Patrimonialism governs the Beninese society as a forceful struggle for political power takes place between the oligarchs who control these sources and use them as formidable levers of power. Benin and State Capture in a Rent-Based Society argues that this struggle causes the instability and unpredictability of economic policies, resulting in a series of institutional problems that make economic diversification and growth difficult. Based on a thorough account of the economic, social and political development of Benin, this institutional diagnostic provides a detailed analysis of its critical institution- and development-sensitive areas such as electoral campaign finance and state capture by business and elites, management issues of a dominant sector, the tax effort, the critical role of informal trading between Benin and Nigeria, and the political economy of land reform. This title is also available as Open Access.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2023
Editors:	François Bourguignon • Romain Houssa • Jean-Philippe Platteau • Paul Reding
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-927853-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-00-927853-3
Barcode:	9781009278539

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