UNU-WIDER Institional Capabilities, Reform Ownership and Development in SSA

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Institional Capabilities, Reform Ownership and Development in SSA  

Project name/title

Institutional Capabilities, Reform Ownership and Development in SSA

Year:

2000

Theme:

Africa's Economic Development

Abstract:

Past policies, an erroneous approach to adjustment, and 'geography' are repeatedly cited as explanations for Africa's poor performance. But, weaknesses in the institutional capacity of the African State may be as important. In particular, economic policies continue to be donor-driven in many cases, with a lack of local ownership. This project will conduct a systematic analysis of institutional constraints and ownership issues, including analysis of specific programme and project successes and failures when local ownership has been encouraged/permitted.

Director:

• Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa
  Research fellow/Project director 

Assistant:

• Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen 
  Publications and Information Assistant

Project Meetings

• 4 May 2001 Project Meeting: Institutional Capabilities, Reform Ownership and Development in SSA

Publications:

• Decentralization, Local Bureaucracies and Service Delivery in Uganda
• Do Donors Matter for Institutional Reform in Africa?
• Economic and Institutional Reforms in French-speaking West Africa Impact on Efficiency and Growth
• Governance and Policy in Africa: Recent Experiences
• Incentive Structure and Efficiency in the Kenyan Civil Service
• Incentive Structure, Civil Service Efficiency and the Hidden Economy in Nigeria
• Insolvency and Debt Recovery Procedures in Economic Development: An Overview of African Law
• The Mozambican Civil Service Incentives, Reforms and Performance
• Non-formal Institutions, Informal Economies, and the Politics of Inclusion
• Owning Economic Reforms: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Tanzania
• Privatization in sub-Saharan Africa: On Factors Affecting Implementation
• Reform of the Malawian Public Sector: Incentives, Governance and Accountability
• Reforming Africa's Institutions: Ownership, Incentives and Capabilities
• Relevance of the Nordic Model for African Development
• Transaction Cost Politics, Institutions for Commitment and Rent Seeking
• Zambian Policy-making and the Donor Community in the 1990s