This paper conducts a review of the literature concerning developmental states, in order to
identify gaps and suggest research questions which could be fruitful for the Effective States …

As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

What explains contemporary variations in African legislative institutions-including their
strengths and weaknesses? Compared with the more powerful executive branches …

Due to a combination of exceptional economic growth and social development, Botswana
has been hailed as an African developmental state. This article rejects the developmental …

We report on recent findings of a fruitful research agenda that explores the importance of
ethnic-specific traits in shaping African development. First, using recent surveys from sub …

Drawing on environmental sustainability and indigenous conservationism literature, we
examine the influence of chief executive officers'(CEOs) beliefs on firms' sustainability …

The role of precolonial history on contemporary development has become an important field
of study within development economics. Here we examine the role of precolonial political …

How have African rulers responded to the introduction of democratic electoral competition?
Despite the broadly negative picture painted by the prevailing focus on electoral fraud …

At the microlevel, comparative public opinion data are abundant. But at the macrolevel—the
level where many prominent hypotheses in political behavior are believed to operate—data …

The death of Botswana's last founding father, Sir Ketumile Quett Masire, in June 2017,
marked the end of an era. Since the release of the Fourth Edition of Historical Dictionary of …