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Journal of African Economies Advance Access originally published online on February 24, 2006
Journal of African Economies 2006 15(Supplement 1):10-61; doi:10.1093/jae/ejk005
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Institutions and Development

Robert H. Bates

Harvard University

In late-century Africa, domestic reformers and the international community prescribed political reform as a means for securing policy reform. They sought to put an end to single party and military government and introduced multiparty politics. Using a principal agent framework, the author assesses the logical validity of these efforts. And employing a game theoretic approach, he traces the impact of political reform on political stability. He employs a panel of data from both African and global samples to measure the impact of reform on the economics and politics of Africa. The evidence suggests that reform has measurably curtailed the opportunistic use of politcal power, failed to influence the formulation of macro-economic policy, and increased the likelihood of political disorder.


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