The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and institutional changes are used to address the question of...

Cover -- Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Overview -- 1: Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress...

Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This title elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributions, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems