Institutions, governance and technology catch-up in North Africa

Political institutions and developmental governance in sub-Saharan Africa

This article addresses the question of whether, or under what conditions, democratic institutions contribute to ‘developmental governance’ in sub-Saharan Africa, in forms such as coherent policy formulation, effective public administration, and limited corruption. While few dispute the desirability for Africa of democracy and good governance in theory, many remain sceptical about whether the tw...

Technological catch-up and strategic technology partnering in developing countries

This paper examines the trends in strategic technology partnering (STP) by firms from developing countries over the period 1980-94. The evidence shows that a small group of countries, namely the Asian NICs and Eastern Europe dominate STP activity. We also examine differences in organisational modes and how these have evolved over time, suggesting an increasing similarity between the NICs and Tr...

Emergency medicine in South Africa - time to catch up.

Institutions and Corporate Governance

15 From its inception, the institutional tradition of studying organizations has been informed by themes of control and coordination – themes that fall within the domain of corporate governance, broadly defined as being concerned with the implicit and explicit relationships between the corporation and its constituents, as well as the relationships between these constituent groups 1999). With it...

Key words: African telecommunications, governance and incentives, institutional design Institutions and Telecommunications Performance in Africa: Stability, Governance and Incentives

Africa’s telecommunications industry has been undergoing major reforms since the 1980s, especially in the past few years. In accordance with recommendations of the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO), many countries are in the process of instituting sector reforms. These include the privatization of basic telecommunications service, the creation of separate (and ideally) autonomou...