African Patrimonialism in Historical Perspective: Assessing Decentralized and Privatized Tax Administration

One of the most important political legacies of colonialism in Africa has been the reliance on the model of centralized bureaucratic administration, which has had disastrous consequences for African state-building. Like the colonial systems before them, these centralized bureaucracies have not funct...

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Main Authors: Kiser, Edgar, Sacks, Audrey
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4635