Rent-Seeking, Institutions and Reforms In Africa Theory and Empirical Evidence for Tanzania /

• Main Author: Fischer, Pius V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Culture > Study and teaching.; Economic policy.; Social policy.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Economic Policy.; Social Policy.

This book identifies rent-seeking behaviour as one of the main causes of poor economic performance, observed, among other places, in many countries of Africa. Rent-seeking describes the ability to capture incomes without producing output or making a productive contribution. Since rent-seekers are of...