Ironies of post‐cold war structural adjustment in Sierra Leone

Reno, William S.

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Ironies of post‐cold war structural adjustment in Sierra Leone

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Author(s): William Reno ^a

Publication date (Print): March 1996

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Africa's creditors stress ‘capacity building’ measures to strengthen bureaucratic effectiveness to reverse economic and political decline (Dia, 1993). World Bank officials point to the East Asian example of success at using government policies and institutions to promote ‘market friendly’ growth policies insulated from the pressures of clients demanding payouts as a positive example for Africa (World Bank, 1993a). Analysts recognise, however, that decades of patron‐client politics and intractable rent‐seeking (the use of state resources for personal gain) behaviour among state officials limits short‐term prospects for increasing revenue collection. With little internal financing for market boosting policies, World Bank programmes prescribe extensive civil service layoffs. Subsequent reductions in unproductive expenditures will reduce corruption, balance national budgets and remove obstacles to private market growth. Economic growth will in turn produce a class of entrepreneurs to demand more policies and slimmed down bureaucracies to enhance economic efficiency. This ‘growth coalition’ will identify their interests with those of cost‐effective technocratic administrators (World Bank, 1994a:10–3).

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

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Publication date (Print): March 1996

Volume: 23

Issue: 67

Pages: 7-18

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^a Department of Political Science , Florida International University

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[1] Ayoob M. . 1995. . The Third World Security Predicament . , Boulder : : Lynne Rienner. .

[2] Bank of Sierra Leone. . Economic Review . , Freetown : : Bank of Sierra Leone. .

[3] Callaghy T and Ravenhill J. , eds. 1993. . Hemmed In: Responses to Africa's Economic Decline . , New York : : Columbia University Press. .

[4] David S. . 1991. . ‘Explaining Third World Alignments’. . World Politics . , Vol. 43:: 233––56. .

[5] Dia M. . 1993. . A Governance Approach to Civil Service Reform in Sub‐Saharan Africa . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[6] Ellis S. . 1995. . ‘Liberia 1989–1994: a Study of Ethnic and Spiritual Violence’. . African Affairs . , Vol. 94((375)): 165––97. .

[7] French H. . 1995. . ‘Out of Africa, Progress’. . New York Times . , 6 July;

[8] Hyden G and Bratton M. , eds. 1992. . Governance and Politics in Africa . , Boulder : : Lynne Rienner. .

[9] International Monetary Fund. . 1990. . Sierra Leone ‐ Staff Report . ,

[10] Job B. , ed. 1992. . The Insecurity Dilemma: National Security in Third World States . , Boulder : : Lynne Rienner. .

[11] Kaplan R. . 1994. . ‘The Coming Anarchy’. . Atlantic Monthly . , : 44––76. .

[12] Kessides C. . 1993. . Institutional Options for the Provision of Infrastructure . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[13] Klare M. . 1994/5. . ‘Awash in Armaments’. . Harvard International Review . , : 24

[14] McNallen B. . 1995. . ‘South African Headhunters’. . Soldier of Fortune . , May;: 62––80. .

[15] Migdal J. . 1988. . Strong Societies and Weak States . , Princeton : : Princeton University Press. .

[16] National Diamond Mining Company. . 1990. . Kimberlite Project Negotiations with Sunshine Broulle .

[17] Opala J. . 1994. . ‘Estatic renovation’. . African Affairs . , Vol. 93:: 195––218. .

[18] Reno W. . 1995a. . Corruption and State Politics in Sierra Leone . , New York : : Cambridge University Press. .

[19] 1995b. . ‘Reinvention of an African Patrimonial State: Charles Taylor's Liberia’. . Third World Quarterly . , Vol. 16((1)): 109––20. .

[20] Rothchild D. . 1994. . “‘Restructuring State‐Society Relations in Africa’. ”. In Economic Change and Political Liberialization in Sub‐Saharan Africa . , Edited by: Widner J. . p. 201––29. . Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press. .

[21] Shiner C. . 1994. . ‘Growing Unruliness by Soldiers Sparks Coup Fear in Sierra Leone’. . Washinqton Post . , 6 October;

[22] Leone Sierra. . 1995. . Statement on the Budget . , Freetown : : Government Printer. .

[23] Thomas S. . 1995. . ‘La Sierra Leone est lentement asphyxie par la guerre civile’. . Le Monde . , 27 June;

[24] World Bank. . 1985. . Review of Public Expenditures in Sierra Leone . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[25] 1993a. . The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[26] 1993b. . Ghana 2000: Setting the Stage for Accelerated Growth & Poverty Reduction . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[27] 1994a. . Adjustment in Africa . , New York : : Oxford University Press. .

[28] 1994b. . World Development Report . , Washington , DC : : World Bank. .

[29] Zartman I W. . 1995. . Collapsed States . , Boulder : : Lynne Rienner. .

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