State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin: The Institutional Diagnostic Project

doi:10.1017/9781009278522

Benin is a small, slow-growing economy whose development relies on two sources of rent that are controlled by self-centred elites: cotton export and illegal cross-border trade with Nigeria. Patrimonialism governs Beninese society as a forceful struggle for political power takes place between the oligarchs who control these sources and use them as formidable levers of power. State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin argues that this struggle causes the instability and unpredictability of economic policies, resulting in institutional problems that make economic diversification and growth difficult. Based on a thorough account of the economic, social, and political development of Benin, this institutional diagnostic provides a detailed analysis of its critical institution- and development-sensitive areas such as electoral campaign finance, state capture by business and elites, management of the cotton sector, the tax effort, the informal trading between Benin and Nigeria, and the political economy of land reform.

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State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin
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The Institutional Diagnostic Project - Series page
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State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin - Title page
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The Institutional Diagnostic Project
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Contents
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Notes on Contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
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Institutional Diagnostic Project: Preamble
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The Institutional Diagnostic Project Presentation
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Part I - An Overview of Economic and Institutional Constraints on Benin’s Development
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1 - The Spatial, Historical, and Socio-political Context
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2 - Exploring the Reasons behind Modest Economic Performance
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Appendix 1 - Growth Accounting
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Appendix 2 - Contribution to Benin’s GDP of Re-exports to Nigeria
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Appendix 3 - Effects of Shocks in Nigeria on Benin’s GDP
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3 - Quality of Institutions
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Lessons from Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
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Appendix
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Part II - A Deeper Investigation of Some Key Sectors and Institutions
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Introduction to the Thematic Studies
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4 - Campaign Finance and State Capture
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- By Rafael Ch Duran, Matthias Coffi Hounkpe, Léonard Wantchekon, Cesi Cruz
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Appendix: Electoral Competition
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Discussion of ‘Campaign Finance and State Capture’
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- By Cesi Cruz
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5 - The Cotton Sector
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History of a Capture
- By Barthélémy Honfoga, Romain Houssa, Houinsou Dedehouanou, Véronique Thériault
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Appendix
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Discussion of ‘The Cotton Sector: History of a Capture’
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