From ‘Revolution’ to Monetarism: The Economics and Politics of the Adjustment Programme in Ghana

Hutchful, Eboe

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“…As Corkin (2011a) argues this might be a response on the part of the Chinese to Angola's rampant corruption in which direct ties are seen as better than diffuse budget support. The creation of unaccountable enclaves within states echoes the Structural Adjustment era when 'parallel governments' (Hutchful 1989) were set up, mainly in finance ministries, by appointed technocrats. However, in contrast to the adjustment era there is no obvious political conditionality, rather a diffuse form of authority based on a small number of powerful actors.…”

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Hickey

Sen²,

Bukenya³

2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes.You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ www.econstor.eu The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentIt is now widely accepted that politics plays a signifi cant role in shaping the possibilities for inclusive development. However, the specifi c ways in which this happens across different types and forms of development, and in different contexts, remains poorly understood. This collection provides a stateof-the-art review regarding what is currently known about the politics of inclusive development. Leading academics offer systematic reviews of how politics shapes development across multiple dimensions, including through growth, natural resource governance, poverty reduction, service delivery, social protection, justice systems, the empowerment of marginalised groups, and the role of both traditional and non-traditional donors. The volume not only provides a comprehensive update but also a ground-breaking range of new directions for thinking and acting around these issues. The book's originality thus derives not only from the wide scope of its case-study material, but also from the new conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about the politics of inclusive development, and the innovative and practical suggestions for donors, policy makers, and practitioners that fl ow from this. 1 The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentInterrogating the Evidence Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. First Edition published 2015 First published in paperback 2016This book is dedicated both to the future of our latest arrivals, Noah Jem, Shawn Michael, and Matthew Francis, and ForewordThe Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre strives to create knowledge that contributes to making states more effective and committed to achieving social justice. This is a grand goal but our partners...

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Hickey

Sen²,

Bukenya³

2014

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“…Crucially the CIF credit facility has been managed by Angola's Reconstruction Office, the Gabinete de Reconstrução Nacional (GRN), which has been exclusively accountable to the Angolan presidency (Campos and Vines, 2008 In terms of development planning, Chinese and Angolan actors have produced enclaves that sit within the state but are only connected to selected and clandestine elements within it. This is reminiscent of the Structural Adjustment era when 'parallel governments' (Hutchful, 1989) were established in finance ministries. The model of 'parallel government' in Angola today is in keeping with the patterns of planning prior to the entry of the Chinese.…”

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‘The Chinese just come and do it’: China in Africa and the prospects for development planning

Mohan

2013

International Development Planning Review

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“…Over the past decade there has been growing concern over the pervasiveness of policy intervention by lender agencies and its affects upon the sovereignty of the nation-state in Africa (Ninsin 1988;Hutchful 1989;Loxley 1992;Corbridge 1993). What we are 526 Review of African Political Economy seeing is a new global regulatory order which is simultaneously inclusionary in the global reach of political institutions and exclusionary around a triad of trading blocs (Leyshon 1992;Amin and Thrift 1993;Hirst and Thompson 1992).…”

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Manufacturing consensus:(Geo)political knowledge and policy‐based lending

Mohan

1994

Review of African Political Economy

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This article examines the inter-relations between power and knowledge in the contemporary world order. It begins by examining recent contributions to development theory especially post-modern formulations. These are seen to foster an apolitical stand on development which relativises values and hence negates the possibility of emancipatory politics. However, the technique of deconstruction is useful in revealing the geo-political basis of power structures and by so doing can help enliven progressive political debate. The article then examines how the World Bank's universalising visions of the developing world in general and Africa in particular enables the Bank to prescribe uniform adjustment programmes. As such the article reveals the links between research and policy. It ends by calling for a revitalisation of political economy which can provide a structural account of the power relations in which development discourses circulate.

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From ‘Revolution’ to Monetarism: The Economics and Politics of the Adjustment Programme in Ghana

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

‘The Chinese just come and do it’: China in Africa and the prospects for development planning

Manufacturing consensus:(Geo)political knowledge and policy‐based lending

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