Rethinking the Relationship between Neo‐patrimonialism and Economic Development in Africa

By T. Kelsall. 2011

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Is it possible to work with the grain of neo‐patrimonial politics to boost investment and growth in Africa? Current donor orthodoxy is that neo‐patrimonialism is irredeemably bad for economic development, but evidence from other regions, together with a re‐examination of the African record itself, suggests that this may not be true. We present evidence from case studies of Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi and Rwanda to show that provided mechanisms can be found to centralise economic rents and manage them with a view to the long term, neo‐patrimonialism can be harnessed for developmental ends.

Subfields: Demography, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science

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• Neopatrimonialism and the Political Economy of Economic Performance in Africa: Critical Reflections (2015, unknown): “147 kelsall 2011; cammack and kelsall 2011.”
• Globalisation, accounting and developing countries (2017, background): “…with formally defined powers exercised, insofar as they can, not towards public service but as if they are private property” (Erdmann & Engel, 2007; p. 48) and they personally distribute resources (‘rents’ in modern economic terminology) informally to further their interests (Kelsall, 2011).”