This article reviews the literature concerning the emergence of developmental states in
Africa and gives an overview of debates on the usefulness of the 'East Asian model'for sub …

Walter Rodney (1972: xi) remarked in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa that the
'phenomenon of neo-colonialism cries out for extensive investigation in order to formulate …

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to
democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced …

Given the legacies of colonialism and the inequities of the global capitalist system,
consolidated democracies in the Global South were the exception prior to the third wave of …

Despite the rise and fall of the central role given to states in national development
discussions, there is an emerging trend in Africa where several countries are harnessing …

South Africa's Local Economic Development Agencies have emerged as appropriate
institutional structures for advancing socio-economic development in the local government …

In recent years, an upturn in international commodity markets and the poor development
performance of mineral rich African countries have catalysed the resurgence of debate and …

By comparison with most African countries, post‐apartheid South Africa appears to be
characterised by growth‐oriented cooperation between state and business. Economic …

O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a estreita relação entre desenvolvimento e
Estado desenvolvimentista como requisito para a formulação de uma agenda …

State building is considered to be the solution to Afghanistan's ills. State‐building efforts
largely aim to mirror Afghanistan to a market democracy. However, a market democracy is …