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020			_a9781009278522
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050	0	0	_aHC 1010 _bS72 2023
245	0	0	_aState capture in a rent-based society : _ban institutional diagnostic of Benin / _cedited by François Bourguignon [and three others]
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023
300			_aonline resource
449			_a110241
505			_aPart I An Overview of Economic and Institutional Constraints on Benin’s Development -- Part IIA Deeper Investigation of Some Key Sectors and Institutions Introduction to the Thematic Studies François Bourguignon -- Part III Synthesis
506			_aAvailable to OhioLINK libraries
520			_aBenin 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
650		0	_aECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT _zBENIN _9256998
650		0	_aINSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS _zBENIN _9256999
700			_aBourguignon, François _eeditor _9256925
850			_aSPU
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009278522
910			_aLibrary _bCambridge University Press _c130324 _pEB000538
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