State-Business Relations and Economic Development in Africa and India [Hardcover]

When the state and business interact effectively they can promote a more efficient allocation of scarce resources, appropriate industrial policy and a more effective and prioritised removal of key obstacles to growth, than when the two sides fail to co-operate or engage in harmful collusion. This book, based on original empirical research undertaken in Africa and India, addresses what constitutes the effectiveness of state-business relations, what explains their formation and evolution over time and whether effective state-business relations matter for economic performance.

Analysing the effects of state-business relations on economic performance at both the macro and micro levels, the book concludes that where effective state-business relations are established  either through formal or informal institutional patterns and relationships  the growth effects are generally positive. Establishing, sustaining and renewing effective state-business relations are political processes. The better organized the business community and the government are for purposes of such relations, the more effective state-business relations will be in negotiating growth enhancing policies. The book is of interest to researchers in the fields of development studies, management, economics and political science.

1. State Business Relations and Economic Development in Africa and India: The Analytical Issues Kunal Sen  Part 1: Measuring Effective State Business Relations  2.  Measuring State-Business Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa Dirk Willem te Velde 3. Measuring State-Business Relations in India Massimiliano Cal?, Siddhartha Mitra and Purnima Purohit  Part 2: Effective State Business Relations and Economic Development in Africa  4. State Business Relationships and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Kunal SelS™