@incollection{fdi:010089418,
  title = {{D}iscussion of "the political economy of land reform"},
  author = {{H}oungbedji, {K}enneth},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {B}enin, top businesspeople not only capture the economy but also the executive, and possibly legislative power. {T}his book develops a comprehensive analysis aimed at identifying and reducing the institutional constraints that impede {B}enins rapid, sustainable, and inclusive development. {T}he research reveals a chain of causality between four main categories of institutional weaknesses in {B}enin, namely corruption, inefficiencies in governance, opacity in public decision-making, and excessive informality in the {B}eninese economy. {T}hese institutional weaknesses are traced back to proximate and ultimate causes. {T}he immediate causes include political instability, elite capture of key state functions, weakness of the state, and the possibility of easy but illegal rents. {I}n turn, these causes are linked to deep-rooted underlying factors such as the nature of the political game, essentially neo-patrimonialism with multiple economic and/or political {B}ig {M}en, but also geographical or ethnic factors. {W}e elaborate on policy reforms aiming at overcoming or circumventing these institutional problems.},
  keywords = {{BENIN}},
  booktitle = {{S}tate capture and rent-seeking in {B}enin : the institutional diagnostic project},
  numero = {},
  pages = {298--303},
  address = {{C}ambridge},
  publisher = {{C}ambridge {U}niversity {P}ress},
  series = {},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1017/9781009278522.016},
  ISBN = {978-1-009-27853-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089418},
}