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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009278522
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Book 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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Contents

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  • Appendix
    pp 237-241
  • Discussion of ‘The Tax Effort: A Comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa and Benin’
    pp 242-246
  • 7 - The Political Economy of Land Reform
    pp 247-297
  • Discussion of ‘The Political Economy of Land Reform’
    pp 298-303
  • Discussion of ‘The Critical Role of Informal Trading with Nigeria’
    pp 342-346
  • Part III - Synthesis
    pp 347-404
  • 9 - A Patrimonial Regime with Multiple Oligarchs
    pp 349-399
  • Afterword
    pp 400-404
  • Index
    pp 405-416

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