Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126297 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2015/049
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and institutional changes are used to address the question of how to build institutional foundations on a self-sustained basis. The paper discusses how institutional configurations have been shaped in Sub-Saharan Africa under prevailing domestic and international conditions. A resulting negative feedbacks loop in public-private interfaces has been detrimental to inclusive development. To overcome this, a strong coalition between governments and stakeholders should be developed as a social contract embedded in the taxation-public goods provision nexus.
Subjects: 
African economies
inclusive development
institutions
institutional changes
public-private interfaces
JEL: 
O43
O55
P43
P48
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-938-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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