The Potentiality of ‘Developmental States’ in Africa:
Botswana and Uganda Compared
Edited by Pamela Mbabazi and Ian Taylor
Published 2005, 188 pages, ISBN: 2-86978-164-4
The Potentiality of ‘Developmental States’ in Africa investigates the potential role of the state in Africa in promoting development in this era of globalisation. Using Botswana and Uganda as case studies,
the volume argues that it is not the amount of state involvement in the economy that matters, but the quality. This set of original studies compares and contrasts issues that distinguish the two countries’ development record and style of activity of the state in promoting development.
Written by a collection of researchers drawn mainly from Botswana and Uganda, this book argues that there are some elements of the developmental state model which can be seen in both countries. These elements have arguably contributed to some of the relative successes in the two
states. Contextualising the case studies within the history and political economy of the respective countries, the book is a valuable addition to the on-going debate on the role, nature and character of states in Africa. A must read for development studies students, researchers, politicians and development practitioners.
Pamela Mbabazi is a Development Planner by training and has been teaching various courses in Development Planning and Rural Development at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in
Uganda over the last eight years. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Development Studies. Her research interests include governance issues, the impact of globalization on third world countries and peace-building. Her publications include Supply Chain and Liberalisation of the Milk Industry in Uganda (2005) and articles in Global Networks: A Journal of
Transnational Affairs.
Ian Taylor is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa. He previously worked at the University of Botswana for four years. He is the author of Stuck in Middle GEAR: South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Foreign Relations (2001) and is the co-editor of
Africa in International Politics: External Involvement on the Continent
(2004), as well as other work on broad development issues in Africa.
Contents
| Dedication | iii |
| Acknowledgements | vii |
| Acknowledgements |
viii |
| About the Contributors | x |
1. Botswana and Uganda as Developmental States (?)
Pamela Mbabazi and Ian Taylor | 1 |
2.
Success or Failure of Developmental States in Africa: Exploring Africa’s Experimentation at Developmentalism
Francis Nyamnjoh and Ignasio Malizani-Jimu | 16 |
3. Uganda as an African “Democratic Developmental State?”:
HIPC Governance at the Turn of the Century
Timothy Shaw | 33 |
4. The Developmental State in Africa: The Case of
Botswana
Ian Taylor. | 44 |
5. Uganda’s Institutional Framework for Development Since Colonialism: Challenges of a Developmental State
James Akampumuza | 57 |
6. The Institutional Framework of the Developmental State in Botswana
David Sebudubudu. | 79 |
7. Decentralization in African Developmental States: Experiences from Uganda and Botswana
Neema Murembe, Gladys Mokhawa and David Sebudubudu | 90 |
8. Gender and Developmental States: Botswana and Uganda
Pamela Mbabazi, Godisang Mookodi and Jane Parpart | 104 |
9. The Privatization Experience in Uganda: Prospects and Challenges of Its Implementation
Muriisa Roberts | 122 |
10. The Developmental State and Manufacturing in Uganda and Botswana: The Textile Industries Compared
Pamela Mbabazi and Gladys Mokhawa | 133 |
11. Conclusion: Developmental States and Africa in the Twenty-First Century
Pamela Mbabazi and Ian Taylor | 147 |
| References | 153 |
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