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Corruption As Institution Among Small Businesses In Africa, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Corruption As Institution Among Small Businesses In Africa, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Thomas A Kelley III
Suddenly it seems that US-funded international aid programs are all about building rational, predictable institutions to stimulate business in poor countries. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a relatively new and increasingly important US aid organization, and the more venerable United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are initiating programs in poor countries around the world based on the assumption that their future stability and prosperity depends on unleashing and guiding the entrepreneurial spirit of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that this can be accomplished by improving the institutions – most particularly the laws and legal enforcement mechanisms – that regulate …
Corruption As Institution In Niger's Business Sector, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Corruption As Institution In Niger's Business Sector, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Thomas A Kelley III
Suddenly it seems that US-funded international aid programs are all about building rational, predictable institutions to stimulate business in poor countries. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a relatively new and increasingly important US aid organization, and the more venerable United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are initiating programs in poor countries around the world based on the assumption that their future stability and prosperity depends on unleashing and guiding the entrepreneurial spirit of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that this can be accomplished by improving the institutions – most particularly the laws and legal enforcement mechanisms – that regulate …
Corruption As Institution: Roadblocks To U.S.-Funded "Business Formalization" Programs In Niger, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Corruption As Institution: Roadblocks To U.S.-Funded "Business Formalization" Programs In Niger, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Thomas A Kelley III
Suddenly it seems that US-funded international aid programs are all about building rational, predictable institutions to stimulate business in poor countries. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a relatively new and increasingly important US aid organization, and the more venerable United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are initiating programs in poor countries around the world based on the assumption that their future stability and prosperity depends on unleashing and guiding the entrepreneurial spirit of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that this can be accomplished by improving the institutions – most notably the laws and legal enforcement mechanisms – that regulate …
Unintended Consequences Of Legal Westernization In Niger: Harming Contemporary Slaves By Reconceptualizing Property, Thomas A. Kelley
Unintended Consequences Of Legal Westernization In Niger: Harming Contemporary Slaves By Reconceptualizing Property, Thomas A. Kelley
Thomas A Kelley III
There are slaves living today in the West African Republic of Niger and their plight is being exacerbated by that country’s aggressive program of legal westernization. Under the guidance of the United States and other Western countries, Niger recently passed a surfeit of new laws, including some that introduce and enforce the notion of private property ownership. The theory – widely accepted by donor countries and international development experts – is that uniform, easily enforceable rights in private property will spur investment and help breathe life into Niger’s moribund economy. This paper does not dispute the validity of that legal …