Description:
The end of the Cold War, the cessation of superpower rivalry, and the demise of apartheid in South Africa have offered Africans another opportunity to engage in effective institutional reform and state reconstruction. This book emphasizes the importance of institutions to economic growth and development and, using public choice theory, provides guidelines that can be used to initiate and implement an effective people-driven institutional reform program on the continent.
Brief description: JOHN MUKUM MBAKU is Professor of Economics at Weber State University.
Review Quotes: "This book makes an important contribution to constitutional economics in Africa....His analysis is solid and exhaustive, his argument persuasive, and his application of public choice both creative and innovative."-Journal of Third World Studies