Economic Growth and Democracy in Post-Colonial Africa

João Resende-Santos; Aminah N. Pilgrim

doi:10.5771/9781793653840

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In Economic Growth and Democracy in Post-Colonial Africa: Cabo Verde, Small States, and the World Economy, edited by João Resende-Santos and Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim, the contributors provide a comprehensive academic analysis of the political economy of Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) from its independence in 1975 to the present. Democracy and economic growth have been in short supply in post-colonial Africa. Yet the widespread misperception of this vast and diverse continent as experiencing only failure has overshadowed cases of good governance, human development, and social peace. This volume offers a comprehensive analytical narrative on how Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) forged a nation and navigated the world system since independence to achieve some progress. The volume critically examines its political and institutional evolution, foreign affairs, economy, and development policy. The chapters analyze the sources and nature of this relative success as well as underscore the many shortcomings and challenges ahead. As the first volume in English on Cabo Verde’s political economy, it serves as both a primary source and sociopolitical study, featuring some of the most accomplished scholars and policy practitioners. This collection aims to fill this gap in the literature and offers a new perspective on democracy and growth in post-colonial Africa.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5383-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5384-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 334
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. The Aims of This Volume No access
2. The Unlikely Country: From Poverty to Middle-Income Status No access
3. Factors behind the Success No access
4. A Long Way to Go Still No access
5. The Next Phase of Development and the Challenges Ahead No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. The Formation of the Nation-State and a Political-Administrative and Intellectual Elite No access
2. Emergence of a Political-Administrative Elite No access
3. From Schooling Restricted to Elites to Its Expansion to the Poorest Populations No access
4. Building a Public Sphere and Sense of Nationhood No access
5. 1. Interpenetration between Administration, Policy, and Market No access
  2. Party, the State, and Public Administration in Cape Verde Post-Independence No access
6. Reconversion to the Market No access
7. Concluding Thoughts No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
10. Legislação No access
1. 1. European Expansion and Globalization No access
  2. Cape Verde and Portugal Fighting for Trade Control No access
  3. From the Slave Trade to the National Liberation Movements No access
  4. From the PAIGC’s Emergence to the Independence of Cape Verde No access
  5. From the Colony to the Sovereign State No access
2. 1. Regionalization and Globalization: Conflict and Cooperation No access
  2. Indicators of the Rhythm of Regional Integration No access
  3. Cape Verde and the Possible Choices No access
3. Further Reading No access
1. 1. Macroeconomic Situation No access
  2. Brief Characterization of the Economy No access
2. Economic Growth and Its Sources No access
3. 1. Balance of Payments No access
  2. Monetary and Exchange Rate Situation No access
  3. Macroeconomic Management—Instruments, Institutions, and Policies No access
  4. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy No access
4. 1. Macroeconomic Situation No access
  2. Economic Growth and Its Sources No access
  3. Fiscal and Budgetary Situation No access
  4. Monetary and Exchange Rate Situation No access
  5. Balance of Payments No access
5. Macroeconomic Management—Instruments, Institutions, and Policies No access
6. 1. Privatization Policy, Legal Framework No access
  2. Privatization Methods No access
  3. Methods Used No access
  4. The Strategy Used No access
  5. Fiscal and Budgetary Policy No access
  6. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy No access
  7. 1. (i) The IMF Stand-By Arrangement No access
    2. (ii) The Formation of the Offshore Trust Fund No access
    3. (iii) The Foreign Exchange Agreement with Portugal No access
    4. (iv) Structural Adjustment Agreement with the World Bank No access
7. 1. Economic Growth and Its Sources No access
8. 1. Monetary Policy No access
  2. Fiscal and Fiscal Policy No access
  3. Balance of Payments No access
9. Conclusions No access
10. Notes No access
11. References No access
1. From the First Transition: The Foundation of the State and Governance in the Post-Independence Period No access
2. Cape Verde: The Transition to Democracy and Signs of Consolidation of the Democratic Regime No access
3. The First Free Democratic Elections No access
4. Characteristics of the Electoral and Party System in Cape Verde No access
5. The Effects of the Closed and Fixed List on Gender Representation in Cape Verde No access
6. Political Participation and the Quality of Democracy in Cape Verde No access
7. Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in Cape Verde No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
1. 1. Development and Tourism Policy (1975–2021) No access
2. 1. The Negative Impacts of Tourism No access
  2. Keeping Our Feet on the . . . Beach No access
3. Notes No access
4. References No access
1. Part I: Cape Verde before LDC Graduation No access
2. 1. General Economic and Political Context of LDC Admission No access
3. Becoming an LDC (1975–1977): Why and How? No access
4. 1. 1982–1985: The First National Development Plan No access
  2. 1986–1990: The Second National Development Plan No access
  3. 1991–2001: Multiparty System and Economic Liberalization No access
  4. 2002–2007: The Inevitability of LDC Graduation No access
5. Changing Trends in International Assistance to Cape Verde No access
6. Cape Verde’s LDC Admission in a Nutshell No access
7. Part II: Cape Verde’s LDC Graduation Negotiation Process No access
8. 1. External Push versus Bureaucratic Pull No access
  2. A New LDC Transition Framework No access
  3. LDC-Inspired Advantages Persist No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
11. References No access
1. 1. Human Aspects and Emigration No access
2. Independence and Relations with Europe No access
3. 1. Immigration No access
  2. Tourism No access
  3. Trade No access
  4. Investment No access
4. 1. Noises and Dissatisfactions in Relations between Cape Verde and Europe No access
5. Disconnect of Geography, Economy, and Politics in Cape Verde No access
6. Which Road Ahead for Cape Verde? No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. Women, Migration, and Development No access
2. Cabo Verdean Women in the Context of African Development No access
3. An Overview of the Cabo Verdean Diaspora No access
4. Cabo Verdean Women in the Diaspora No access
5. The Cabo Verdean State and Diaspora Engagement No access
6. Conclusions No access
7. Note No access
8. References and Additional Readings No access
1. U.S.–Cabo Verde Relations: From the 1800s to 1975 No access
2. Anti-Colonialism and Anti-Racism on Both Sides of the Atlantic No access
3. U.S.–Cabo Verde Relations, 1975–2001: Focus on Humanitarian Assistance No access
4. The United States and Cabo Verde: The Focus on Security No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
Index No access Pages 325 - 328
1. Editors No access
2. Contributors No access