State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin : The Institutional Diagnostic Project

François Bourguignon

ISBN 10: 1009278533 / ISBN 13: 9781009278539

Editore: Cambridge University Press Nov 2023, 2023

Neuware - 'This volume offers a thorough account of the economic, social and political development of Benin with a detailed analysis of its critical institution- and development-sensitive areas. It also points to the need for several institutional reforms, whose political economy is carefully examined in the Benin context'--. Codice articolo 9781009278539

Riassunto:

Account of Benin's economic, social and political development over recent decades, diagnosing it's development hindering institutional weaknesses and needed reforms.

Informazioni sugli autori: Emeritus Professor of economics, Paris School of Economics (former director), and School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris. Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Publications include more than 200 articles and 10 books. Awards include Dan David Prize and CNRS silver medal. Co-founder of the European Development Network (EUDN).

Professor of economics, University of Namur, Belgium. Romain Houssa is the principal investigator on the Benin institutional diagnostic project. His main research deals with issues related to causes and welfare consequences of commodity markets and macroeconomic fluctuations. A native of Benin, he is very familiar with the issues confronting Benin.

Emeritus Professor of economics, University of Namur, Belgium. Publications number about 200 articles, book chapters and books (edited, single-authored and co-authored). Founder and long-time director of the Centre for Research in the Economics of Development (CRED) at the university of Namur. Holder of two Franqui chairs in Belgium (Free university of Brussels and Katholieke University of Leuven). Co-founder of the European Development Network (EUDN).

Emeritus professor of Economics, University of Namur, Belgium. Paul Reding has taught, carried out his research and published in the field of monetary and financial economics, with a frequent focus on issues relating to developing countries. He has participated in several policy oriented national and international research projects.

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Titolo: State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin : ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press Nov 2023
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu