A quest for institutional foundations towards inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and institutional changes are used to address the question of how to build institutional foundations on a self-sustained basis. The paper discusses how institutional configurations have been shaped in Sub-Saharan Africa under prevailing domestic and international conditions. A resulting negative feedbacks loop in public-private interfaces has been detrimental to inclusive development. To overcome this, a strong coalition between governments and stakeholders should be developed as a social contract embedded in the taxation-public goods provision nexus.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-938-1
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2015/049

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Institutions and Growth ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa ; Other Economic Systems: Public Economics; Financial Economics ; Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
• Subject: African economies ; inclusive development ; institutions ; institutional changes ; public-private interfaces

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nissanke, Machiko
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2015/938-1
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/126297
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET