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`Underdevelopment in Kenya: The Political Economy of Neo-Colonialism 1964-71
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Neopatrimonialism and the Political Economy of Economic Performance in Africa: Critical Reflections
TL;DR: The authors argues that while descriptive of the social practices of the states and individuals that occupy different positions within African societies, the concept of neopatrimonialism has little analytical content and no predictive value with respect to economic policy and performance.
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Is Africa's Skepticism of Foreign Capital Justified? Evidence from East African Firm Survey Data
TL;DR: This paper found that foreign firms are more productive, bring management skills, invest more heavily in infrastructure and in the training and health of their workers, and are more connected to global markets.
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Bureaucratic Morality in Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt is made to bring together diverse writings on bureaucratic morality from different African countries and examine the evidence of low bureaucratic morality and take a critical look at the different attempts to explain and prescribe for this problem.
Re-ordering the urban archipelago: Kenya vision 2030, street trade and the battle for Nairobi city centre
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of Kenya Vision 2030 on the restructuring of Nairobi and assesses its implication for street vendors, who have been increasingly displaced from trading in the City Center.
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Discontinuity in development: Kenya’s middle-scale manufacturing industry
TL;DR: In this paper, a new concept frame is put forward based on a broadly institutional approach drawing on both new and old institutional economics to understand the position of the middle in Kenya, and the potential for middle-scale enterprise in terms of the economic and social context, with formal and informal institutions playing a role.
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Is Africa's Skepticism of Foreign Capital Justified? Evidence from East African Firm Survey Data
TL;DR: This paper found that foreign firms are more productive, bring management skills, invest more heavily in infrastructure and in the training and health of their workers, and are more connected to global markets.
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Neopatrimonialism and the political economy of Economic Permormance in Africa: Critical Reflections
TL;DR: The authors argued that while providing descriptions of the styles of exercise of authority, idiosyncratic mannerisms of certain colourful individual leaders, or the socio-cultural practices of states and individuals occupying different positions within them, the concept has little analytical content and no predictive value with respect to economic policy and performance.
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Bureaucratic Morality in Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt is made to bring together diverse writings on bureaucratic morality from different African countries and examine the evidence of low bureaucratic morality and take a critical look at the different attempts to explain and prescribe for this problem.
Re-ordering the urban archipelago: Kenya vision 2030, street trade and the battle for Nairobi city centre
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of Kenya Vision 2030 on the restructuring of Nairobi and assesses its implication for street vendors, who have been increasingly displaced from trading in the City Center.
Dissertation
Discontinuity in development: Kenya’s middle-scale manufacturing industry
TL;DR: In this paper, a new concept frame is put forward based on a broadly institutional approach drawing on both new and old institutional economics to understand the position of the middle in Kenya, and the potential for middle-scale enterprise in terms of the economic and social context, with formal and informal institutions playing a role.