State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin
The Institutional Diagnostic Project
Published on 22. November 2023
978-1-009-27850-8 (ISBN)
Description
Benin is a small, slow-growing economy whose development relies on two sources of rent that are controlled by self-centred elites: cotton export and illegal cross-border trade with Nigeria. Patrimonialism governs 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. State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin argues that this struggle causes the instability and unpredictability of economic policies, resulting in 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, state capture by business and elites, management of the cotton sector, the tax effort, the informal trading between Benin and Nigeria, and the political economy of land reform.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Worked examples or Exercises; 35 Tables, black and white; 61 Line drawings, black and white
File size
7,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-009-27850-8 (9781009278508)
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Francois Bourguignon | Romain Houssa | Jean-Philippe Platteau
State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin
The Institutional Diagnostic Project
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11/2023
Cambridge University Press
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Part I. An Overview of Economic and Institutional Constraints on Benin's Development: 1. The spatial, historical and socio-political context Platteau; 2. Exploring the reasons behind modest economic performances Houssa-Reding; 3. Quality of institutions: lessons from quantitative and qualitative evidence Houssa-Bourguignon; Part II. A Deeper Investigation of Some Key Sectors and Institutions: 4. Campaign finance and state capture Ch, Hounkpe and Wantchekon, with discussion by Cruz; 5. The cotton sector: history of a capture Honfoga, Houssa, Dedehouanou, with discussion by Theriault; 6. The tax effort: a comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa and Benin Caldeira and Rota-Graziosi, with discussion by Mede; 7. The political economy of land reform Lavigne Delville, with discussion by Houngbedji; 8. The critical role of informal trading with Nigeria Golub-Mbaye, with discussion by Igue; Part III. Synthesis: 9. A patrimonial regime with multiple oligarchs Bourguignon-Platteau.
