It’s Not Only Rents: Explaining the Persistence and Change of Neopatrimonialism in Indonesia

Indonesia has long been associated with neopatrimonialism, corruption, collusion, and nepotism as the main modi operandi of politics, economics and public administration. Despite various measures and initiatives to fight these practises, little evidence for a significant decline can be found over the years. Rather, longitudinal analysis points to changes in the character of neopatrimonialism. Based on more than 60 in-depth interviews, focus-group discussions, and the analysis of both primary and secondary data, the aim of this article is, first, to describe the changes that have taken place, and, second, to investigate what accounts for these changes. Political economy concepts posit the amount and development of economic rents as the explanatory factor for the persistence and change of neopatrimonialism. This study's findings, however, indicate that rents alone cannot explain what has taken place in Indonesia. Democratisation and decentralisation exert a stronger impact

Census-taking in Nigeria: The good, the technical, and the politics of numbers

This paper examines the historical context of census-taking and its importance to development trajectory of Nigeria from 1866 to 2006. Secondary data obtained from five-year national development plans, archival records, in-depth interviews and extant demographic literature were used to determine how population census exercises has evolved in a 140-year period, the problem of counting Nigerians living in Nigeria, and the politics of using population as a yardstick for distributing national wealth. The study shows that nearly all censuses were found to be grossly inadequate, tradition of conducting censuses every ten years has not taken root in Nigeria, and colonial administration as well as post-independence governments grappled with politics of numbers for socio-economic development planning. Despite flaws, the 1991 census remains relatively acceptable amidst fifteen complete and incomplete censuses ever taken in Nigeria in the period under study

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Intro -- Entrepreneurship in Africa -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: Examination of Related Theories and Innovations -- 2 Methodological Challenges of Entrepreneurship Research in the Least Developed East African Countries -- 3 Africapitalism: A Management Idea for Business in Africa? -- 4 Inclusive Business in Africa: Priorities, Strategies and Challenges -- 5 Innovation as a Key to Success? Case Studies of Innovative Start-ups in Kenya and Nigeria -- 6 Innovation in Manufacturing SMEs in Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania: A Grounded View on the Research and Policy Issues -- Part 2: Entrepreneurship Development, Country Studies -- 7 An Institutional Analysis of Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria -- 8 Entrepreneurship Development in Africa: Insights from Nigeria's and Zimbabwe's Telecoms -- 9 The Development of Entrepreneurship in Sudan -- 10 Challenges to Entrepreneurship Development in Tanzania -- 11 Institutional and Contextual Factors Effects on Entrepreneurship in Cameroon: The Case of the Transport Sector -- Part 3: Entrepreneurship and Sectoral Considerations or Determinants -- 12 Dangote Cement: The Challenges of Pan-African Expansion -- 13 Culture as a Facilitator and a Barrier to Entrepreneurship Development in Uganda -- 14 African Women Large-Scale Entrepreneurs: Cases from Angola, Nigeria and Ghana -- 15 Financial Barriers and How to Overcome Them: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania -- 16 Gentlemanly Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Management: Formation and Rise of Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank, 1990-2002 -- 17 Indigenous Banking Enterprises: The Rise of Nigerian Multinational BanksDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

Digging Deeper Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

This book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Intro -- Digging Deeper: Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Section 1: Mapping the Evidence -- 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 -- 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda -- Section 2: Agricultural Production and Effectiveness -- 5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya -- 6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions -- 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda -- Section 3: Drivers of Food Production -- 8 Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface -- 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture -- 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals -- Section 4: Institutional Issues -- 11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa -- 12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example -- 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa -- 14 Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa - Statistical DataThis book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries