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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

François Bourguignon  and
Jean-Philippe Platteau
François Bourguignon
Affiliation:
École d'économie de Paris and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Jean-Philippe Platteau
Affiliation:
Université de Namur, Belgium

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Institutional Challenges at the Early Stages of Development
Lessons from a Multi-Country Study
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Footnotes are indicated by n. after the page number.

accommodation between formal and informal institutions, 20, 47, 309
Acemoglu, Daron, 2, 32, 36–37, 41, 52
adhesion to institutions, 14–15
Afghanistan, 21, 272, 319
Africa, business environments, 22–23
Afrobarometer opinion poll, 63–66
agricultural sectors. See also labour productivity trends; land rights and administration
Bangladesh, 90, 98, 101, 238–239
Benin, agro-processing strategy for, 138–139, 247–248
Benin, cotton sector, 128–129, 247
institutional change theories applied to, 25–26
Lewisian framework applied to, 229
Mozambique, 143–144, 151–153, 249, 251
rural land, conflicts over, 307–310
South Korea, productivity gap, 168–170, 174–175, 234
Taiwan. See Taiwan, agricultural sector reform
Tanzania, 108, 113, 242–243, 262
Ahmed, Zahid, 272
Ajavon, Sébastien, 155, 156, 306
Akerlof, Georges, 31–32, 39
Amsden, Alice H., 174, 180
Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh, 102, 103
Atatürk, Kemal, 39, 44, 257
Auriol, Emmanuelle, 41, 270
authoritarianism. See also democracy
Benin, Talon premiership. See Talon, Patrice
China and Vietnam, 279, 286
military or religious regimes generally, 9–10, 270–274, 318–319
relation-based authoritarianism, 208, 290n.1
South Korea, authoritarian corporatism, 164–165, 176–179, 189, 235–236, 259–260, 318
Taiwan, authoritarian corporatism, 193, 206–208, 215–217, 258–259, 318
Tanzania, Magufuli premiership, 112–113, 116–117, 120, 121, 124, 282–283, 318
automotive industry, South Korea, 182–183
Baland, Jean-Marie, 15, 18
Bangladesh
business-politics nexus, 103, 105, 241, 284–285
economic development constraints, 79, 96, 98–103, 238–242
economic growth performance, 95–99, 236–239
geographical and demographic context, 89–90
growth diagnostics study of, 78–79
informal labour market, 239–240
institutional capacity, comparative data, 59–60, 70–73, 99
institutional capacity, quantitative survey data, 85
institutional diagnostic findings, 102–108
political and economic history, 90–94, 270, 272–273
reform proposals for, 106, 107, 241–242
remittances from emigrants, 96–97, 99, 239
RMG sector. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
state capacity deficiencies. See Bangladesh, state capacity deficiencies
Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
‘deals’ culture of, 103, 105, 241, 285
as ‘growth engine,’79, 95–96, 98, 240
state policies driving, 253
sustainability concerns, 96, 99, 103, 240–241
Bangladesh, state capacity deficiencies
banking sector, 100, 295–296
bureaucracy, 102–103, 294–295
education system, 100–101, 107, 173, 294, 297, 298, 300
judicial system, 101, 302–304
land rights and administration, 101, 308–309, 313–314
proximate causes, 104–105
tax mobilisation, 99–100, 297
banking sectors
Bangladesh, 100, 295–296
Mozambique, 152
South Korea, 184, 188, 260
Taiwan, 214–215
Bates, Robert, 43
Benin
business-politics nexus, 128–129, 131–133, 137–138, 155–156, 248, 279–281
cotton sector, 128–129, 247
economic development constraints, 128–131, 245–248
economic growth performance, 127, 236–238, 245, 247
geographical and demographic context, 126
informal cross-border trade with Nigeria, 129–131, 138, 246–247
institutional capacity, comparative data, 64, 65, 70–73
institutional diagnostic findings, 81–83, 136–137
political and economic history, 126, 128, 262–264
poverty and inequality, 127, 133
reform proposals for, 137–140, 247–248
Benin, state capacity deficiencies
education system, 133–134, 139, 140, 300–301
judicial system, 132, 134, 302
land rights and administration, 135–136, 292–293, 307, 312–313
proximate causes, 134–136
public trust in institutions, 132, 134
tax mobilisation, 130, 134
Binmore, Kenneth, 29
Binswanger, Hans P., 25
Boni Yayi, Thomas, 155, 156, 306
Boserup, Ester, 25
Bourguiba, Habib, 39, 257
Bourguignon, François, 41, 320
Bowie, Alasdair, 306
Bowles, Samuel, 29
Brazil, 174, 301
bureaucracy. See also state capacity
Bangladesh, 102–103, 294–295
corruption and cronyism affecting. See corruption and cronyism
deficiencies generally, 3–4, 21, 288–289, 291–292, 314–315
South Korea, 177, 259, 289–291
specific areas. See land rights and administration; tax mobilisation
Taiwan, 208–210, 289–291
Tanzania, 118–120, 122
Burkina Faso, 128, 309
Burundi, institutional capacity data, 57–58
business environments
business assets, rights over, 305–306
ethnic minority businesspeople, 22, 276, 306
relation-based vs. rule-based, 33, 290n.1
sub-Saharan Africa, 22–23
Taiwan, SMEs as economic driver, 211–214, 220, 231–232, 259, 289
business-politics nexus. See also corruption and cronyism; informal institutions
Bangladesh, 103, 105, 241, 284–285
Benin, 128–129, 131–133, 137–138, 155–156, 248, 279–281
generally, 39, 274–279, 285–286
Mozambique, 146–149, 153, 250, 283–284
South Korea. See chaebols (business groups in South Korea)
Taiwan, business bargaining power limited, 216–217, 258, 274–275
Taiwan, SOEs (state-owned enterprises), 210–211, 213, 215, 258
Tanzania, 116–118, 123–124, 244, 281–283
Cabo Delgado, 141–142, 145–146, 149, 284
Cambodia, institutional capacity data, 59–60
car manufacture, South Korea, 182–183
Chabal, Patrick, 24
chaebols (business groups in South Korea)
corruption scandals, 189, 260
early development, 176–178, 180, 260
HCI (heavy and chemical industries) strategy and, 178, 181–184, 187–189, 235
indebtedness and ‘too big to fail’ problem (1970s), 184, 188, 235, 260–261
tournaments among, 290
Chan, Steve, 191
chemical industries. See HCI (heavy and chemical industries)
Cheng, Tun-Jen, 212, 215–217, 219n.24
Chiang Ching-kuo, 216, 258
Chiang Kai-shek, 208–210, 258, 271
China
authoritarian corporatism, 279, 286
development assistance to Africa, 320
expropriation of business assets, 305
historical resistance to overseas trade, 42
informal guanxi arrangements, 20n.4, 212n.19
in Korean War, 162
market-oriented reforms, 257
Chu, Yun-Han, 212, 215–217
Chun Doo-Hwan, 165, 188
civil service. See bureaucracy
clientelism. See business-politics nexus
climate change, 90, 152
clothing sector, Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
Coase theorem, limitations and political extension, 34–38
coercion by institutions, 15
‘collectivist’ vs. ‘individualist’ societies, 17, 23, 32–33
colonial histories and legacies
Bangladesh, 90, 105
generally, 20, 21, 46, 266
Mozambique, 140, 142
South Korea, 159–161, 173, 187, 255, 289, 290, 305
Taiwan. See Taiwan, Japanese colonial legacy
Tanzania, 109–110, 266
competition between formal and informal institutions, 21–23
complementarity between formal and informal institutions, 19–20
constitutional institutions, 17
corruption and cronyism. See also business-politics nexus
Bangladesh, 100, 102–105, 241, 294–295, 302–303
Benin, 132, 246, 263, 264, 281, 292, 302
cross-country comparisons. See institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
generally, 3, 5, 21–22, 52–53, 276
international rankings, 53
judicial systems undermined by, 53, 302–303, 315, 317
key informants’ views on, 74–75
in land administration, 42–43, 101, 292, 311, 313
Mozambique, hidden debt scandal, 149, 250, 284
political economy approach to, 39–40, 43, 291–293, 314
South Korea, 189, 260
Taiwan, problem controlled, 209, 258
Tanzania, corruption culture, 115, 118–122, 302
Tanzania, political corruption scandals, 112–113, 116–117, 119, 120, 124, 282
Côte d’Ivoire, ethnic conflicts, 308, 309
cotton sector, Benin, 128–129, 247
COVID-19 pandemic, 97n.9, 107, 112
cronyism. See corruption and cronyism
cross-country studies, 3. See also institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
customary institutions. See informal institutions
Daewoo, 182
Daloz, Jean-Pascal, 24
Dasgupta, Indraneel, 268, 269
Davidson, Basil, 265, 266
Dawson, John W., 52
democracy. See also authoritarianism
Bangladesh, 92–94, 106, 107
Benin, 127, 131–132, 280
cross-country comparisons. See institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
Mozambique, provincial government reform proposals, 154
overseas donors’ emphasis on, 320–321
South Korea, transition to, 165–166
demographic contexts. See geographical and demographic contexts
Deng Xiaoping, 257
Devarajan, Shantayanan, 320
Dewatripont, Mathias, 45–46
Dixit, Avinash, 3, 5–6, 39
donor assistance. See ODA (overseas development assistance)
Dossou-Yovo, Koffi, 156
Drèze, Jean, 6
Durlauf, Stephen, 52
Dutch disease, 130
economic backwardness theory, 41
economic development, history of. See also political history
Bangladesh, 91–92, 94, 270
Benin, 126, 128, 262–263
Mozambique, 141–143, 146–147, 248–249, 263–264
South Korea. See South Korea, industrialisation
Taiwan. See Taiwan, agricultural sector reform; Taiwan, industrialisation
Tanzania, 110–113, 116, 261–262, 264, 266–267
economic development constraints
Bangladesh, 79, 96, 98–103, 238–242
Benin, 128–131, 245–248
climate change, 90, 152
conclusions on, 251–253
corruption and cronyism. See corruption and cronyism
export diversification needs. See exports
Mozambique, 143–146, 249–251
political factors. See political factors in economic development
state capacity deficiencies. See state capacity
Tanzania, 113–115, 122, 242–245
economic growth and development
Bangladesh, growth performance, 95–99, 236–239
Benin, growth performance, 127, 236–238, 245, 247
constraints on. See economic development constraints
development strategy proposals. See reform proposals
‘growth’ and ‘development’ terms distinguished, 4–5
‘growth engines’ generally, 252–253
history of. See economic development, history of
infrastructure development for. See electricity infrastructure; transport infrastructure
institutional change for. See institutional change
Mozambique, growth performance, 141–142, 236–238, 249
political elites thwarting, 40–44, 299
political factors. See political factors in economic development
social matters. See informal labour markets; labour productivity trends; poverty and inequality
South Korea, growth performance, 166, 167, 181, 230–231, 236–238
state capacity factors. See state capacity
structural transformation. See structural transformation of economies
Taiwan, growth performance, 191–192, 230–232, 236–238
Tanzania, growth performance, 113, 236–238
education systems
Bangladesh, 100–101, 107, 173, 294, 297, 298, 300
Benin, 133–134, 139, 140, 300–301
case study of successful reform (Sobral, Brazil), 301
deficiencies generally, 3–4, 41, 296–301, 314
Indonesia, 268
Mozambique, 154, 298–300
Pakistan, 41, 299
South Korea, 173–174, 296–297
Taiwan, 192, 203, 208, 214, 296–297
Tanzania, 114, 120, 173, 244, 298
Egypt, 53, 256, 270
electricity infrastructure
Benin, 133, 140
generally, 77, 251
Taiwan, 251
Tanzania, 114, 119, 121, 244–245
Ellis, Stephen, 24
Engerman, Stanley L., 32
Ershad, Hussain Muhammad, 92, 272, 273, 284
ethnic compositions. See also geographical and demographic contexts
Bangladesh, 90
Benin, 126, 132
ethnic minority businesspeople, 22, 276, 306
land rights conflicts between groups, 308–309
Mozambique, ethnic conflict, 142–143, 146, 263
nation-building challenges posed by, 264–270, 286–287
South Korea, 159
Taiwan, ethnic conflict, 193, 257–258
Tanzania, 109, 116, 266
tribal societies, 16, 24, 30, 265
evolutionary theory of institutional change, 27–30
exports
Bangladesh, diversification need, 79, 80, 96, 99, 102–103, 241
Benin, agricultural exports strategy for, 138–139
Benin-Nigeria re-export trade, 129–131, 138, 246–247
Mozambique, diversification need, 142
South Korea, manufacturing exports, 169–172, 179–184, 188–189, 234, 236
Taiwan, 192, 204, 213, 233
Tanzania, diversification need, 80, 113, 122, 244
expropriation of property, 305
external finance
FDI. See FDI (foreign direct investment)
ODA. See ODA (overseas development assistance)
remittances, Bangladesh, 96–97, 99, 239
extractives sector
Mozambique, 145–146, 149, 153–154, 250, 251, 284
Tanzania, 108, 114
Fafchamps, Marcel, 19, 22
farming. See agricultural sectors
FDI (foreign direct investment)
Benin, need for, 139
Mozambique, 141
Taiwan, 214
Tanzania, 114
Fei, John C. H., 199, 226n.1
Fernandez, Raquel, 45, 291
fundamental institutions, 17
garments sector, Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
Geertz, Clifford, 264, 265
geographical and demographic contexts. See also ethnic compositions
Bangladesh, 89–90
Benin, 126
Mozambique, 140, 141, 143–145, 248
South Korea, 158–159, 256
Taiwan, 192, 193, 204, 256
Tanzania, 108–109
Gerschenkron, Alexander, 317–318
Ghana, 21, 64, 65, 263, 267
Gomez, Edmund T., 283n.15
good governance indicators, 1, 3, 51–54
‘Governance and the Law’ (World Bank report), 1
gradual vs. radical institutional reforms, 44–48
Greif, Avner, 16, 17, 23, 32–33
growth diagnostics, 7, 49, 76–79
guanxi arrangements, China, 20n.4, 212n.19
Guebuza, Armando, 148, 284nn.16–17
Guirkinger, Catherine, 26
Gupta family (businesspeople in South Africa), 276, 306
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 266n.2
Hausmann, Ricardo, 7, 49, 76, 77, 222
Hayami, Yujiro, 24–25
HCI (heavy and chemical industries)
South Korea, 172, 178, 181–184, 187–189, 235
Taiwan, 213
Helmke, Gretchen, 18–19
Hicks, John, 25n.7
hidden debt scandal, Mozambique, 149, 250, 284
Hirschman, Alfred, 28, 144
historical case studies, 2–3, 26, 42
Ho, Samuel P.S., 198, 201
Houngbédji, Adrien, 155
Huang, Sophia Wu, 197
Hyundai, 173, 182, 183
IDP. See Institutional Diagnostic Project (IDP)
Iliffe, John, 265
India, 21, 40, 267–268, 272, 291n.2, 304n.5, 305
‘individualist’ vs. ‘collectivist’ societies, 17, 23, 32–33
Indonesia, 268, 269, 318–319
induced institutional innovation theory, 24–27
informal institutions. See also business-politics nexus
customary land rights formalised. See land rights and administration
defined, 15–16
informal law enforcement, 16–17, 23–24, 308, 309
interactions with formal institutions, change theories on, 16–18, 33, 45–47
interactions with formal institutions, typology, 18–24
informal labour markets
Bangladesh, 239–240
Benin, 130, 245, 246
Lewisian framework on, 77, 168, 227–228
Tanzania, 243
infrastructure development. See electricity infrastructure; transport infrastructure
institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
benchmarking methods, 54–56
good governance indicators for, 51–54
limitations of, 60–62
Mozambique-focused study, 60–61
Tanzania-focused studies, 56–60, 115
institutional capacity, key informant surveys, 74–76
institutional capacity, quantitative surveys
CIS (country institutional surveys) methodology, 66–69, 73–74, 85
introduction, 62–63
opinion poll use for, 63–66
overview of case study findings, 69–73
institutional change
evolutionary theory of, 27–30
exogenous shocks to self-enforcing institutional equilibria, 31–33
informal institutions and. See informal institutions
‘institutions’ term and types, 14–17, 37n.14
introduction to study, 13–14
political economy approach. See political economy approach to institutional change
price-induced, 24–27
radical vs. gradual reforms, 44–48
reform proposals for IDP study states. See reform proposals
institutional diagnostic findings
Bangladesh, 102–108
Benin, 81–83, 136–137
diagnostic tables, 81–83
lessons offered by, 221–223, 316–321
Mozambique, 149–151
reform proposals arising from. See reform proposals
South Korea, 184–188
Taiwan, 217–220
Tanzania, 121–125
Institutional Diagnostic Project (IDP)
background, 1–6
East Asian tiger state benchmarks. See South Korea; Taiwan
findings. See institutional diagnostic findings
growth diagnostics approach compared, 7, 49, 76–79
methodology, 7–9, 49–50, 83–84, 316
cross-country comparisons. See institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
key informant surveys, 74–76
quantitative surveys. See institutional capacity, quantitative surveys
thematic studies, 79–81
objectives, 6–7, 38, 49, 87
Islamic fundamentalism, 44–46
Japan
agricultural productivity, 169
institutional change in, 26
Korea colonial rule, 159–161, 173, 187, 255, 289, 290, 305
Meiji era economic development, 255, 257
Taiwan colonial legacy. See Taiwan, Japanese colonial legacy
Johnston, Bruce, 203, 204
Joko Widodo, 319
Jomo, Kwame S., 283n.15
Jones, Ben, 265
judicial systems. See also rule of law
Bangladesh, 101, 302–304
Benin, 132, 134, 302
corruption, cronyism and other deficiencies, 53, 302–303, 315, 317
legal pluralism, 20, 47, 268
Mozambique, 153
Pakistan, 303, 304
South Korea, 301–302
Taiwan, 301–302
Tanzania, 302
Kagame, Paul, 280, 282, 318
Kakar, Sudhir, 21n.5
Kanbur, Ravi, 268, 269
Kenya
business environment, 22
business-politics nexus, 275
corruption and cronyism, 42–43, 311
institutional capacity, comparative data, 57–58, 64, 65
land administration, 42–43, 311
Mau-Mau rebellion, 265
Kérékou, Mathieu, 126, 131, 262–264, 286
Khan, Ayub, 271, 318
Khemani, Stuti, 39, 288–289, 320
Kikuchi, Masao, 24–25
kin-based favouritism. See corruption and cronyism
Korea. See North Korea; South Korea
Kuran, Timur, 31–32
Kuznets, Simon, 77, 84, 97, 168, 222. See also Lewisian framework on structural transformation
labour markets, informal. See informal labour markets
labour productivity trends
Bangladesh, 98
Benin, 127, 138, 139, 246
conclusions on, 252
Lewisian framework on, 168, 194, 243
Mozambique, 249, 251
South Korea, 168–170
Taiwan, 194–195, 201–205
Tanzania, 242–243
Laitin, David D., 32
land conflicts, types and causes, 307–310
land rights and administration
Bangladesh, 101, 308–309, 313–314
Benin, 135–136, 292–293, 307, 312–313
corruption and cronyism affecting, 42–43, 101, 292, 311, 313
deficiencies generally, 293, 315
institutional changes theories applied to, 25–26
Kenya, 42–43
Pakistan, 303
South Korea, 305, 311
Taiwan, 197–198, 205, 305, 311
Tanzania, 114, 118–119, 293–294, 310–312
Lao People’s Democratic Republic, institutional capacity data, 59–60
Lau, Lawrence J., 208, 213n.22
law enforcement. See also judicial systems
dysfunctions of, 293, 315, 317
informal, 16–17, 23–24, 308, 309
legal pluralism, 20, 47, 268
Levitsky, Steven, 18–19
Lewis, W. Arthur, 28, 267, 316
Lewisian framework on structural transformation
Bangladesh, application to, 97–98, 238
outlined, 77, 84, 194, 222, 226–230, 242
South Korea, application to, 168–170, 231, 234, 236
Taiwan, application to, 194–195, 231–233, 236
Li, John Shuhe, 33
Liberia, 24
Lizzeri, Alessandro, 38
López Obrador, Andrés Manuel, 300
Lowassa, Edward, 112, 282
Lyon, Stephen M., 303
Magufuli, John, 112–113, 116–117, 120, 121, 124, 282–283, 318
Malawi, 57–58, 64, 65
Malaysia, 267–269, 282, 283n.15, 305, 306
Mali, 10, 20, 128, 309
manufacturing sectors
Bangladesh, 79, 95–96, 98, 99, 102–103, 238
Benin, 128
Mozambique, 141–142, 249–250
South Korea. See South Korea, industrialisation
Taiwan. See Taiwan, industrialisation
Tanzania, 113
Martin, Nicolas, 41, 303
Mauro, Paolo, 52
Mehmood, Sultan, 304
Mexico, 300
military-based authoritarian regimes, 9–10, 270–274, 318–319
Mill, John Stuart, 196n.4
Mohmand, Shandana Khan, 303
Mozambique
business-politics nexus, 146–149, 153, 250, 283–284
economic development constraints, 143–146, 249–251
economic growth performance, 141–142, 236–238, 249
ethno-regional tensions, 142–143, 146
geographical and demographic context, 140, 141, 143–145, 248
institutional capacity, comparative data, 57–58, 60–61, 64, 65, 70–73
institutional diagnostic findings, 149–151
natural gas opportunity, 145–146, 149, 153–154, 250, 251, 284
political and economic history, 141–143, 146–147, 248–249, 263–264
poverty and inequality, 141, 144–145, 151–152, 251
reform proposals for, 151–154, 251
Mozambique, state capacity deficiencies
banking sector, 152
education system, 154, 298–300
judicial system, 153
Mujib (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman), 91, 272, 273n.9
Musharaff, Pervez, 318
Myanmar, 10, 269, 270
nationalist movements in Africa, 264–266
natural history experiments, 2–3
natural resources
Benin, lack of, 127, 134
Mozambique, 145–146, 149, 153–154, 250, 251, 284
Taiwan, lack of, 193
Tanzania, 108, 114, 244
nepotism. See corruption and cronyism
NGOs (non-governmental organisations)
Bangladesh, 99, 106
Mozambique, 152, 153
Nigeria, informal trade with Benin, 129–131, 138, 246–247
Nkrumah, Kwame, 263, 267, 286
North, Douglass, 14, 30n.12
North Korea, 158, 161–162, 178, 179, 187. See also South Korea, political history
NPLs (non-performing loans)
Bangladesh, 100, 295–296
South Korea, 184
Nurkse, Ragnar, 194
Nyerere, Julius
economic and social policies, 111, 261–262, 267, 286
loss of control, 116, 262
nation-building achievements, 262, 264, 266–267
path to Presidency, 110
Nyusi, Filipe, 148, 284n.16
ODA (overseas development assistance)
to Bangladesh, 106
generally, 72–73, 319–321
to Mozambique, 143, 145–147, 151, 154, 283, 297
to Pakistan, 271
to South Korea, 170–172, 179, 234, 255–256
to Taiwan, 232, 255–256
to Tanzania, 111, 114, 124, 245, 262
Okuno-Fujiwara, Masahiro, 208, 290n.1
Onoma, Ato Kwamena, 42–43
outward migration
Bangladesh, 96–97, 239, 252
Mozambique, 144
Pakistan
Bangladesh’s secession from, 90–91, 272–273
corruption and cronyism, 21, 303, 304
donor assistance to, 256
education system, 41, 299
Indian immigrants in, 193, 257n.1, 286–287
military-religious regime, 10, 270–272, 318
Park, Albert, 203, 204
Park Chung Hee
as autocrat, 164–165, 259
background, 163–164
economic development policies, 178–183, 233–235, 253, 259–260, 271
as military junta head, 164, 176–178
Persico, Nicola, 38
Platteau, Jean-Philippe, 26, 41, 270, 320
political economy approach to institutional change
Coase theorem, limitations and political extension, 34–38
corruption and cronyism analysed, 39–40, 43, 291–293, 314
introduction, 33–34
norms and preferences for public goods, 38–40
political elites thwarting change, 40–44, 299
political factors in economic development
business-politics nexus. See business-politics nexus
faulty economics, 261–264, 277
introduction to study, 254–257
nation-building imperative, 264–267
economic efficiency trade-offs, 267–264, 286–287
policies mapped to regime types, 277–279
political systems. See authoritarianism; democracy
political history. See also economic development, history of
Bangladesh, 90–94, 270, 272–273
Benin, 126, 128, 262–263
colonial legacies. See colonial histories and legacies
Mozambique, 140–143, 145n.4, 248–249, 263
South Korea. See South Korea, political history
Taiwan, 193, 207–210, 255, 257–258, 286
Tanzania, 109–113, 116, 266–267
population data. See geographical and demographic contexts
POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company), 178, 181, 183
post-Washington consensus, 1
poverty and inequality
Benin, 127, 133
clientelistic politics causing, 39–40
Mozambique, 141, 144–145, 151–152, 251
social protection, informal provision, 23
South Korea, 174–175
Tanzania, 114, 242
Prakash, Nishith, 40
price-induced institutional change, 24–27
primary education. See education systems
principal-agent theory, 26–27, 31
property rights protection
business assets, 305–306
land conflicts, types and causes, 307–310
land rights. See land rights and administration
public administration. See bureaucracy
public education. See education systems
public trust in institutions
Benin, 132, 134
generally, 14–15, 66
Tanzania, 123
punishments, 16–17, 32
radical vs. gradual institutional reforms, 44–48
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur (Mujib), 91, 272, 273n.9
Rahman, Ziaur (General Zia), 91–92, 272, 273
railways. See transport infrastructure
Rana Plaza factory collapse (Bangladesh, 2013), 103, 240, 285
randomised control trial studies, 4
Ranis, Gustav, 226n.1
ready-made garments sector, Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
re-export trade, Benin-Nigeria, 129–131, 138, 246–247
reform proposals. See also institutional change
Bangladesh, 106, 107, 241–242
Benin, 137–140, 247–248
education reform case study (Sobral, Brazil), 301
Mozambique, 151–154, 251
Tanzania, 125, 244
relation-based governance, 33, 290n.1
remittances, Bangladesh, 96–97, 99, 239
replicator mechanisms, 28
Rhee, Syngman, 161–163, 173, 176, 259, 260
RMG sector, Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
roads. See transport infrastructure
Robinson, James, 2, 32, 41
Rodrik, Dani, 3, 7, 45, 49, 76, 222, 291
Roh Tae-Woo, 165–166
Roland, Gérard, 45–46
rule of law. See also judicial systems; state capacity
cross-country comparisons. See institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
dysfunctional law enforcement, 293
informal law enforcement, 16–17, 23–24
property rights protection. See property rights protection
public trust in institutions. See public trust in institutions
relation-based authoritarianism, 208, 290n.1
rule-based governance, 33
rural land, conflicts over, 307–310
Russia, 26, 305, 321
Ruttan, Vernon W., 24–25
Rwanda, 57–58, 115, 133, 282, 308, 318
Samsung, 177–178, 182, 260
sanctions, 16–17, 32
self-enforcing institutions, 31–32
Senegal, institutional capacity data, 64–65
Seror, Avner, 304
Seth, Michael J., 173
Shapley, Lloyd S., 35
Sheikh, Md Ziaul Haque, 272
Sheikh Hasina, 92–94, 273, 284–285
shipbuilding, South Korea, 182, 235
Shipton, Parker, 43
Shubik, Martin, 35
Singapore, 174, 192, 214
Sinjin, 183
small and medium-sized enterprises, Taiwan, 211–214, 220, 231–232, 259, 289
Smith, Thomas Carlyle, 26, 255
social protection, informal provision, 23
SOEs (state-owned enterprises), Taiwan, 210–211, 213, 215, 258
Soglo, Nicephore, 155
Sokoloff, Kenneth L, 32
South Africa
elite immigrants in, 267–268, 276, 306
expropriation of business assets, 305
Mozambique, relations with, 141, 142, 144, 145, 263
South Korea
as benchmark for IDP, 9–10, 88, 157–158, 189–190, 225–226, 236–238, 243–244, 317–319
bureaucratic efficiency, 177, 259, 289–291
economic growth performance, 166, 167, 181, 230–231, 236–238
education system, 173–174, 296–297
geographical and demographic context, 158–159, 256
industrialisation. See South Korea, industrialisation
institutional diagnostic findings, 184–188
judicial system, 301–302
land rights and administration, 305, 311
political history. See South Korea, political history
poverty and inequality, 174–175
South Korea, industrialisation
agricultural sector, productivity gap, 168–170, 174–175, 234
authoritarian corporatism driving, 164–165, 176–179, 189, 235–236, 259–260, 318
chaebols, role in economy. See chaebols (business groups in South Korea)
data on, 166–171, 231
financing of, 170–173, 179–180, 234, 255–256
HCI (heavy and chemical industries) strategy (1970s), 172, 178, 181–184, 187–189, 235
light manufacturing export drive (1960s), 169–172, 179–184, 188–189, 233–235
South Korea, political history
Japanese rule and colonial legacy, 159–161, 173, 187, 255, 289, 290, 305
Korean War, 161–162
Park era, 163–165, 176–177, 186
post-war era generally, 162–163
pre-Japanese annexation, 159
transition to democracy, 165–166
state capacity
Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, state capacity deficiencies
Benin. See Benin, state capacity deficiencies
cross-country comparisons. See institutional capacity, cross-country comparisons
Mozambique. See Mozambique, state capacity deficiencies
political elites thwarting institutional change, 40–44, 299
specific areas. See bureaucracy; education systems; judicial systems; land rights and administration; tax mobilisation
Tanzania. See Tanzania, state capacity deficiencies
weak state capacity generally, 23–24, 134, 288–289, 291–292, 314–315, 317
state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Taiwan, 210–211, 213, 215, 258
Stiglitz, Joseph E., 31
structural transformation of economies
Bangladesh, 97–99, 238–240, 252
conclusions on, 251–253
economic obstacles to. See economic development constraints
generally, 4–5, 225
infrastructure development for. See electricity infrastructure; transport infrastructure
labour productivity trends. See labour productivity trends
Lewisian framework. See Lewisian framework on structural transformation
political factors. See political factors in economic development
South Korea. See South Korea, industrialisation
state capacity factors. See state capacity
Taiwan. See Taiwan, agricultural sector reform; Taiwan, industrialisation
sub-Saharan Africa, business environments, 22–23
substitution between formal and informal institutions, 23–24
Sudan, 270, 309
Suharto, President of Indonesia, 318–319
Sun Yat-sen, 210
Syria, 270
Taiwan
agricultural sector reform. See Taiwan, agricultural sector reform
authoritarian corporatism, 193, 206–208, 215–217, 258–259, 318
as benchmark for IDP, 9–10, 88, 191, 193–194, 225–226, 236–238, 243–244, 317–319
bureaucratic efficiency, 208–210, 289–291
business bargaining power limited, 216–217, 258, 274–275
economic growth performance, 191–192, 230–232, 236–238
education system, 192, 203, 208, 214, 296–297
geographical and demographic context, 192, 193, 204, 256
industrialisation. See Taiwan, industrialisation
institutional diagnostic findings, 217–220
Japanese colonial legacy. See Taiwan, Japanese colonial legacy
judicial system, 301–302
land rights and administration, 197–198, 205, 305, 311
political history, 193, 207–210, 255, 257–258, 286
trade policy reforms, 45, 205–206, 213–214
Taiwan, agricultural sector reform
exports data, 192
land reform programmes, 197–198, 205
overview, 194–197, 204–205, 219, 232–233
research and development, 198–199
rural industrialisation, 201–204
small farmers’ participation, 199
technological change, 200–201, 205
trade policy reforms, 45, 205–206, 213
Taiwan, industrialisation
export orientation, 192, 213, 233
HCI (heavy and chemical industries), 213
rural areas, 201–204
SMEs driving, 211–214, 220, 231–232, 259, 289
SOEs (state-owned enterprises), role in economy, 210–211, 213, 215, 258
Taiwan, Japanese colonial legacy
agricultural sector characteristics, 196, 202–203, 219, 255
bureaucratic structures, 206–207, 209, 212, 219, 289, 290
business conglomerates, 210, 235, 258
cadastral survey, 305
infrastructure, 253, 255
Talon, Patrice
economic growth, prospects under, 138, 140, 248, 280–281, 318
as ‘king of cotton,’128–129, 247
path to Presidency, 132–133, 155–156, 276, 280, 306
Tanzania
business-politics nexus, 116–118, 123–124, 244, 281–283
economic development constraints, 113–115, 122, 242–245
economic growth performance, 113, 236–238, 242
geographical and demographic context, 108–109
growth diagnostics study of, 77–78
institutional capacity, comparative data, 56–60, 64–66, 70–73, 115
institutional diagnostic findings, 121–125
natural gas opportunity, 108, 114, 244
political and economic history, 109–113, 116, 261–262, 264, 266–267
poverty and inequality, 114, 242
reform proposals for, 125, 244
Tanzania, state capacity deficiencies
bureaucracy, 118–120, 122
education system, 114, 120, 173, 244, 298
judicial system, 302
land rights and administration, 114, 118–119, 293–294, 310–312
public trust in institutions, 123
tax mobilisation, 244, 294
tax mobilisation
Bangladesh, 99–100, 297
Benin, 130, 134
Tanzania, 244, 294
teachers. See education systems
technological development, Lewisian framework on, 228
textiles sector, Bangladesh. See Bangladesh, RMG (ready-made garments) sector
Thorbecke, Eric, 199
Tilly, Charles, 287
tourism sector, Tanzania, 108, 242, 244
trade policy reforms, Taiwan, 45, 205–206, 213–214
transport infrastructure
Benin, 133, 138
generally, 251
Mozambique, 143–145, 152
Taiwan, 203, 251
Tanzania, 244–245
tribal societies, 16, 24, 30, 265
Tunisia, 39, 257
Turkey, 39, 44–45, 174, 257
Twining, Edward, 266n.3
Uganda, 57–58, 64, 65, 265, 298, 306
US development assistance. See ODA (overseas development assistance)
vehicle manufacture, South Korea, 182–183
Velasco, Andrés, 7, 49, 76, 222
Verdier, Thierry, 41, 270
Vietnam, 59–60, 279, 286
violence, inter-ethnic. See under ethnic compositions
Voigtländer, Nico, 26
Voth, Hans-Joachim, 26
Wade, Robert, 206, 207, 209, 210, 255, 291n.2, 292n.3, 320–321
women
Bangladesh, labour market participation, 240
Benin, land deals by or on behalf of, 135n.2, 313
South Korea, labour market participation, 170
Taiwan, female rural workers, 202, 204
Turkey, political rights, 44
Woo-Cumings, Meredith, 209
Yayi Boni, Thomas, 155, 156, 306
Yi Pyong Chol, 177–178
Yin, K.Y., 210
Young, Alwyn, 28, 170–171
Zia, General (Ziaur Rahman), 91–92, 272, 273
Zia, Khaleda, 92–94, 273, 284–285
Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad, 271–272, 318
Zimbabwe, 22n.6, 141, 142
Zuma, Jacob, 276, 306

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