Neo-mercantilism as development ideology: A conceptual approach to rethink the space economy in Africa

Okeke, Donald; Cilliers, Elizelle Juaneé; Schoeman, C. B.

doi:10.1080/00020184.2017.1390912

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“…Realizing the need to shift the current economic status of Nigeria, change management theory is suggested to be applied, a change that turns Nigeria’s Mercantilism (mono-economy) into Capitalism (entrepreneurial innovativeness/diversified economy) (Okeke et al, 2018 ). Therefore, using the four research questions, a diagnostic approach was used to identify the change management process.…”

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Economic Crisis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Improving the Nigerian Mono-Economy

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The study develops a crisis response theory that could help Nigeria sustain itself in the present crisis, which is deepening unemployment, poverty, and misery due to the tremendous economic crisis it faced after the global pandemic. Entrepreneurship is viewed as a pivotal engine for reinstating the declining economic state of a country. Through the positivist research approach, the study is conducted on the owners and business executives of SMEs established and operated by entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The data analyzed through surveys, in-depth telephone interviews, and secondary sources shows that Nigeria’s economic instability is mainly because of a lack of financial assistance, industrialization, and technology limitations. Though it was observed that the government reduced certain unfriendly business regulations, corruption still caused funding conditions to shift frequently, and unreliable government policies made it challenging for entrepreneurs to thrive.

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“…Realizing the need to shift the current economic status of Nigeria, change management theory is suggested to be applied. A change that turns Nigeria's Mercantilism (mono-economy) to Capitalism (entrepreneurial innovativeness/diversi ed economy) (Okeke et al, 2018). Therefore, a diagnostic approach was used to identify the process of change management, using the four research questions.…”

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Economic Crisis Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Improving the Nigerian Mono-Economy

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Being a mono-economic nation, Nigeria is undergoing a tremendous economic crisis due to the increased impact of recession after the global pandemic appeared. The present scenario of COVID-19 and the prevalent economic crisis in Nigeria demand a crisis response. This study develops a crisis response theory that could help Nigeria sustain itself in the present crisis, which is deepening unemployment, poverty, and misery. Entrepreneurship is viewed as a pivotal engine for reinstating the declining economic state of a country. Thus, surveys are put together in this research from different institutions and entrepreneurial ventures to evaluate the impact of COVID-19. This research suggests possible solutions based on entrepreneurial innovativeness for a better future, as it affects Nigeria vis-à-vis its economic relationship with global economic dynamics. The pandemic has worsened the prevailing economic crisis in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship can help the Nigerian economy grow, but the deep roots of corruption and unreliable government policies make it challenging for entrepreneurs to thrive.

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“…With restrictions placed on the taxation of mineral flows, which represent more than 80% of Zambian exports, they had to find emergency solutions to collect taxes from other kinds of trade flows. A neo‐mercantilist rationality (Okeke et al., 2018) has been put in place regarding other types of commercial flows that can be effectively taxed. Thus, the spare‐wheel regime embodies a fundamental contradiction between movement and immobility; on a practical level, it includes both incentives and institutional barriers to movement.…”

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Using the flow regimes framework to de‐hierarchise the analysis of commercial movements: Case studies from the Central African Copperbelt

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2021

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Funding informationThis paper has benefited from a fieldwork scholarship from the Institut Français en Afrique du Sud (IFAS, Johannesburg) and from the help of Maison des sciences de l'Homme (MSH, Lyon) regarding its editing.Observing trade flows at a Southern African border reveals that different commodities move differently, raising the question of why some commodities stop when others flow, and why some flows move faster when others experience speed reductions and stoppages. This paper is concerned with presenting a theoretical frameworkthe flow regime frameworkto make sense of the uneven rhythms and manners of the flow of commodities. Building on a review of four economic geography trends (transport geography, logistics studies, thing-following studies, and scalar analysis) and of the orderings and dichotomies they create, I argue that we need a non-hierarchical way to understand the complexity and variability of trade flows and traders' strategies along different paces and rhythms. The flow regimes, defined as lasting socio-technical agencements of practices, actors, infrastructure uses, and ideologies, comprise the proposed theoretical solution to make sense of the variability of commodities' paces. This theoretical framework is illustrated empirically through the examples of the three flow regimes identified in the Central African Copperbelt, based on 11 months of ethnographic fieldwork: the off-road regime, characterised by modular and flexible rhythms; the spare-wheel regime, whose flows are subjected to state-induced accelerations and stoppages; and the power-steering regime, based on costly public and private technologies allowing for fast and fluid commercial movements. Without attempting to describe a particular scale of action, the concept of regimes makes it possible to analyse head-on activities that are usually studied separately (such as "small" border trade and flows driven by large logistics firms). I conclude by suggesting that the flow regimes framework allows to highlight how the globalisation of flows features irregularity and lumpiness.

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Neo-mercantilism as development ideology: A conceptual approach to rethink the space economy in Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Economic Crisis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Improving the Nigerian Mono-Economy

Economic Crisis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Improving the Nigerian Mono-Economy

Economic Crisis Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Improving the Nigerian Mono-Economy

Using the flow regimes framework to de‐hierarchise the analysis of commercial movements: Case studies from the Central African Copperbelt

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