CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Atchrimi, Kossi Binesi |
|---|---|
| Title | Strengthening African Institutions for the Continent's Rapid Economic Growth and Social Development |
| Summary | The African continent faces many challenges that restrain its development. Most of these challenges have their roots in the weakness of the continent’s institutions. Africa is without any scholarly or scientific objections the world’s richest continent in terms of natural resources. However, the continent is also known as the world poorest in terms of its economy and social development. The reasons for this paradox will be scrutinized in this thesis. The arguments of this thesis are based on the role of Africa’s regional and domestic institutions as causes of the current poor economy and social development of the continent. This paper seeks to evaluate the continent’s institutions from the past administrations to current ones. The paper will take aim on four majors institutions: political, security, economic, and social development institutions. First, this paper argues that the African continent’s colonial history still handicaps the economic growth and social development of the continent. Second, the natural resource and oil curse are often applied to most of the African countries because African countries, relative to many other countries rich in natural resources, are still less developed despite their immense and diverse resources. In this part of the paper, we will also claim that African countries are victims of a double curse: the natural resources curse and the colonialization curse. The third and most important part of the paper will discuss African institutions and will argue that strengthening the continent’s institutions at regional and domestic levels will assure economic growth and social development. This thesis research argues that the cause of African countries’ development misfortune lies in the continent’s weak institutions. Thus, strengthening institutions in the continent will be the most important way to drive Africa from its current situation to a flourishing social and economic development. |
| Supervisor | Xiang Li |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/atchrimi_kossi.pdf |
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