The potentiality of developmental states in africa. An earlier version of this paper was presented to the world wide meeting of the ford foundations unit on governance and civil society in sao paulo, brazil, november, 12, 2007. The concept and evolution of the developmental state article pdf available in international journal of political economy 373. They show that the status of these socalled developmental states. Pdf this book devises an innovative new way of explaining how socioeconomic orders shape capitalism in asia. What favorable conditions exist in ethiopia to build a developmental state. He is the author of the critical texts, macroeconomics and microeconomics pluto, 2016, coauthor of marxs capital pluto, 2016 and coeditor of beyond the developmental state pluto, 20.
Can ethiopia fulfill the characteristic features of. This is the concept paper for the project as it sets out to conceptualise the democratic developmental state in africa. This intervention can be by a state or group of states or a supranationality like the au, eu, ecowas, etc. This is based on the recognition that to overcome our triple developmental challenges unemployment. The asian developmental state and the flying geese paradigm shigehisa kasahara no. The developmental state must be able to unite the public sector, business, labour and civil society in a partnership geared to implement this shared programme. Beyond developmental state working group working group guide statement. Developmental states are usually associated with high economic growth. The first part analyses a just legal framework needed in a developmental state. May 21, 20 ben fine is professor of economics at soas, university of london. A thesis submitted to the university of birmingham for the degree of.
Public service leadership for a developmental state in south. Yet it is in the context of learning these lessons from asia that we might better understand the role and potential of the developmental state in the south african context. The developmental state and its associated policies are not unique to japan or east asia. Leadership, governance and a dialogue in public sector finance. Yet the developmental state literature also offered a theoretical approach to growth that was heterodox with respect to prevailing approaches in both economics and political science. The author is grateful to the managing editor and an anonymous referee, as well as jamshid bahar, michael lim, michael gordy and daniel taklegeorgis for their helpful comments and discussions on various versions of the paper. Jun 29, 2005 the potentiality of developmental states in africa. In addition to working in the financial sector for seven years, she is the coeditor of beyond the developmental state pluto, 20. Democracy and the developmental state meles zenawi horn.
It has a population with a sufficient sense of solidarity, homogeneity and collective purpose to accept the levels of taxation required acceptance perhaps aided by authoritarian state controls and perception of encompassing threats from other states. This paper discusses component for an effective and efficient implementation of the rule of law in a developmental state from an african perspective. Drawing on new political and economic theories and emphasizing recent events, the authors examine the east asian experience to show how the developmental state involves a combination of political, bureaucratic, and moneyed influences that shape economic life in the region. Industrial policy into the twentyfirst century fine, ben, saraswati, jyoti, tavasci, daniela on. Feb 25, 2012 the developmental state the nature of statal policy and institutional reform ppp 1.
The concept and evolution of the developmental state. This is in marked contrast to the dominant consensus that held sway for the previous two decades, which stated that developmental progress in poor societies wasbest assured by strong states, ruled by authoritarian regimes. The developmental state, the evolving international. Bdswg aims to bring together researchers who use marxist and heterodox political economy to examine the causes, consequences, incidence and dynamics of state intervention in and across the developed and developing world.
Is it possible to build a democratic developmental state in ethiopia. Atul kohli princeton university an earlier version of this. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The constitution of the united states preamble we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic. Public service leadership for a developmental state in south africa. Pdf the concept and evolution of the developmental state. European countries used the same policies throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the united states during the esteban perez caldentey is an economic affairs officer at the economic. Industrialisation the vital driver for success in developmental states is industrialisation. The argument that south korea is no longer a developmental state is based on an analysis of investment rates and policy change. Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, beyond the developmental state analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socioeconomic processes. Developmental state imperative in africa united nations. Policy and institutional reforms in africa an ethiopian case bt costantinos, phd school of graduate studies, department of public management and policy, college of management, information and economic sciences, addis ababa university national conference on management for. Developmental state theory revolves around two school of thoughts.
The developmental state must also play a much stronger role in establishing clear, measurable and timebound targets for common programmes, and for monitoring their implementation. The question at hand is compatibility between the neomercantilist concept of the developmental state based on nationalist sentiment on the one hand, and the neoliberal concept of the flying geese fg paradigm based on market rationalism on the other. The developmental state, the evolving international economic order, and vietnam. One remarkable feature of the discourse on the state and development in africa is the disjuncture between an analytical tradition that insists on the impossibility of developmental states in africa and a prescriptive literature that presupposes their existence. The developmental state cornell studies in political economy woocumings, meredith on. Research report 108 the emerging south african democratic. One particular theory, which is increasingly popular in south africa, is the socalled developmental state. A similar type of model, albeit a more restrictive one, was also followed in latin america during the period that lasted from the end of world war ii to the beginning of the 1960s and, in some cases, the 1970s. The rule of law is the ideal that states strive for. Further, we argue for the applicability of the developmental state framework to key questions of governance, institution building, industrial policy and the extractive industries, as well as to a wide variety of cases of successful and failed.
The developmental state is also described as a strongdisciplinary state with the capacity to control private business interests. Thinking about developmental states in africa thandika mkandawire. The developmental state the nature of statal policy and. Although there does not seem to be a direct link between a developmental. The relevance of the east asian experience for the central asian economies there are extremely few examples of nonwestern economies that were able to achieve. Promising democratic developmental state in africa. The case of the south korean microelectronics industry 110 humam aljazaeri 6 globalisation and the decline of the developmental state 146 iain pirie 7 the it industry and interventionist policy in india 169 jyoti saraswati 8 lessons for nigeria from developmental states. Strategies for attracting and retaining high quality staff in the public service in africa presentation during the 30th africa association for public administration and management aapam annual roundtable conference held in accra, ghana from 6th to 10th october 2008 by dr.
There were limitations of time and resources to pursue a more holistic understanding of a developmental state in africa. The decision to use a case study in south africa was based on my ability to access information. The dynamics engendered by the interaction of certain social and political structures in many developing settings are not propitious to development. This article examines the role the state has played in the development of a variety of asian nations through a series of paired comparisons to evaluate the. Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and markets in both national and international contexts. Classical developmental states chalmers johnson has been identified as one of the first emerging theorists on the developmental state through his analysis of the japanese economic growth during the cold war era. The role of the rule of law in a developmental state in the. The developmental state cornell studies in political economy. South korea after the developmental state springerlink. What differences and similarities exist between east asian and ethiopian development situations. The 1990s have witnessed the ascendance of a new orthodoxy which asserts that democracy and development are mutually reinforcing. Daniela tavasci lectures at the school of economics and finance, queen mary university of london. The theory and practice of building developmental states in the.
Beyond the developmental state east asias political economies. Introduction our government has committed itself to building a developmental state in south africa. In 2009 the developmental state was a focal point of the state of the nation address sona by president jacob zuma as well as of the 2009 medium term strategic framework. Section 2 of this paper looks at the role of the state in economic development from a historical perspective. Pretoria, south africa 28july 2015 eca an academician at the university of botswana has underscored the importance of africa building democratic developmental states, citing the southern africa diamond endowed nation, botswana, that was able to graduate from underdevelopment by adopting a developmental state. Section 3 examines the role of the state in economic development in four sadc countries, namely, botswana, mauritius, south africa and zambia. Developmental states inception paper outline papers in the ssrn. The concept of the developmental state emerged to explain the rapid growth of a number of countries in east asia in the postwar period. According to chalmers johnson it is a shorthand for the seamless web of political, bureaucratic, and moneyed influences.
We suggest that political economy factors and their social underpinnings lie at the heart of why some states function better than others. This capacity of the developmental states is demonstrated by their extraordinary degree of bureaucratic autonomy aniay 1991, p. He is the author of pradors pluto, 2012 and coeditor of beyond the developmental state pluto, 20. Neither are developmental state policies a feature limited to the twen tieth century. Due to its alleged sensitivity, as well as, in a way, doctrinarian character, there seems to be very little research conducted on the political environment necessary for a developmental state to thrive. The east asian development state as a reference model for. We argue that a core characteristic of the south korean developmental state was the subordination of consumption to investment. The theory and practice of building developmental states.
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