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The end of the Cold War, the cessation of superpower rivalry, and the demise of apartheid in South Africa have offered Africans another opportunity to engage in effective institutional reform and state reconstruction. This book emphasizes the importance of institutions to economic growth and development and, using public choice theory, provides guidelines that can be used to initiate and implement an effective people-driven institutional reform program on the continent.
JOHN MUKUM MBAKU is Professor of Economics at Weber State University, Utah, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Third World Studies. Dr. Mbaku's research interests include public choice, consitutional political economy, trade integration, intergroup relations, and Africa.
Foreword by Gordon Tullock General Introduction The African Economies Changing Global Trade Patterns and Economic Dependence in Africa Public Choice and African Institutions Origin of Inefficient Constitutional Rules Political Instability in Africa Bureaucratic and Political Corruption Post Constitutional Opportunism in Africa The Present Reform Movement in Africa Public Choice and Institutional Reform Democratization Strategies for Africa Preparing Africa for the Twenty-First Century: Lessons from Public Choice Conclusions: Looking Forward to the Twenty-First Century Bibliography Index