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100			_aGoldsmith, Arthur A.
245			_aAfrica's overgrown state reconsidered : bureaucracy and economic growth
260			_c1999
300			_ap.520-46
362			_aJul
520			_aHow close is the link between outsized states and economic stagnation in Africa? This article shows that African public bureaucracies are not as large as often portrayed, that they have been getting smaller, and that reducing their size alone has not been a prescription for economic revival. To the contrary, the countries with higher levels of public employment, such as Botswana and Mauritius, are apt to have the better economic records. These findings suggest that a super-abundance of public personnel is not in itself a major impediment to growth in Africa. Too much attention has been paid to quantitative or "first-generation" bureaucratic problems, and too little attention has been given the "second-generation" issues of bureaucratic quality. - Reproduced
650			_aEconomic growth - Africa
650			_aBureaucracy - Africa
650			_aBureaucracy
773			_aWorld Politics
909			_a43530
999			_c43530 _d43530