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University of the Basque Country, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

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Even in normal times, Malawi’s town and city governments are incapable of providing these public ... more Even in normal times, Malawi’s town and city governments are incapable of providing these public goods well or consistently. To obtain them at all, people rely on a variety of non-state actors, including ‘town chiefs’ (informal leaders), NGOs, churches and political parties as well as, to some extent, themselves. The major bottlenecks that undermine the adequate provision of public goods explain, in large part, the poor conditions in which people in peri-urban settlements live.

Economic governance in Malawi has never been without problems. Yet, for significant periods, the ... more Economic governance in Malawi has never been without problems. Yet, for significant periods, the country's development performance has been better than might be expected given its geographical location and natural resource endowments and the global context of the time. This paper argues that underlying the episodes of better performance are institutional configurations which include: centralized, long-horizon rent utilization, a disciplined economic technocracy, and an inclusive form of ethno-regional politics. In particular, the 1964-79 phase of the presidency of Kamuzu Banda conforms closely to the concept of 'developmental patrimonialism', defined in this way. It tends also to support the proposition that regimes of this type are associated with relatively good development outcomes. Furthermore, the characteristics and performance of subsequent regimes (Banda II, Muluzi and Mutharika) are consistent with the emerging theory.

The relationship between neo-patrimonialism and development seems more complex than is allowed fo... more The relationship between neo-patrimonialism and development seems more complex than is allowed for in either orthodox policy advice on 'good governance' or the standard political science accounts. This paper explores the range of historical and current experience among African political regimes, with particular reference to seven countries of Middle Africa. Drawing inspiration from literature on Asia, it proposes a way of getting to grips analytically with the diversity of African experience by setting out some elements of a typological theory about regimes and development performance. This centres on two aspects of the way rents are managed under different regimes: the degree of centralisation and the length of the time-horizon. The strengths and limitations of the particular type termed 'developmental patrimonialism' are discussed in relation to various periods in the history of Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Issues for further research are identified.

Voting for Democracy, 2019

Journal of International Development, 2017

Since 1994, Malawi's elite have constructed their political settlement in a way that has generall... more Since 1994, Malawi's elite have constructed their political settlement in a way that has generally benefited them as a whole and individually. They have established a social contract with the population that mostly maintains enough services to sustain social conciliation, have created a workable though less-than-democratic governance arrangement and have done all of this while not establishing a policy environment conducive to national economic development. The paper analyses four 'critical junctures' between 1994 and 2014, which are key to Malawi's current political settlement. At each of these, institutions were laid down that have affected political and economic governance.

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