Klaas, Brian;
(2008)
From Miracle to Nightmare: An Institutional Analysis of Development Failures in Côte d'Ivoire.
Africa Today
, 55
(1)
pp. 108-126.
10.2979/aft.2008.55.1.108.
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Abstract
Once touted as the “Ivorian miracle,” Côte d’Ivoire has become a development nightmare. For two decades after obtaining independence, its economic growth and unwavering political stability baffled economists and inspired other fledgling African states to imitate its development model. Now, almost fifty years later, Côte d’Ivoire is a model of failed development. Recently emerging from a civil war, its economy stands in shambles, and an ongoing political stalemate threatens to reignite the violence. This article couples Elinor Ostrom’s institutional analysis-and-development framework with Claude Ake’s development paradigm to highlight the institutional roots of the crisis and suggest how institutional transformation may be used to prod the nation to wake up and again become the “Ivorian miracle.”
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From Miracle to Nightmare: An Institutional Analysis of Development Failures in Côte d'Ivoire |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2979/aft.2008.55.1.108 |
| Publisher version: | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/250682 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article was published as Klaas, Brian. "From Miracle to Nightmare: An Institutional Analysis of Development Failures in Côte d'Ivoire." Africa Today, vol. 55 no. 1, 2008, p. 109-126. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or distributed in any form, by any means, electronic, mechanical, photographic, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Indiana University Press. For education reuse, please contact the Copyright Clearance Centerhttp://www.copyright.com/. For all other permissions, contact IU Press at http://iupress.indiana.edu/rights/. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10183476 |
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