Argues that the interaction of formal institutions and the quality of democracy explain patterns of private sector development across Africa.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often

As economic reform in developing countries has shifted from macroeconomic stabilization to liberalization, opportunities for legislators to influence the proces

Appendix: The Data Set.

Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in the view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remain