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2011

Economics

Thomas A Kelley III

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Corruption As Institution Among Small Businesses In Africa, Thomas A. Kelley Iii Aug 2011

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 Feb 2011

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 …