Reconsidering lock-in effects and benefits from delegation: the African Union’s relations with its member states through a principal–agent perspective

Welz, Martin

doi:10.1080/09557571.2019.1628707

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“…4 First, prime examples for supranational actors are regional public administrations. Commissions and secretariats have increasingly been equipped with political tasks, as showcased by the AU Commission (Tieku, 2011;Welz, 2020) or the Commission in the EU, which has the monopoly to initiate legislation under the ordinary legislative procedure (Bauer and Becker, 2014;Hooghe, 2002). In its purest form of supranational governance, these regional public administrations can take decisions binding upon member states and can do so even against their will.…”

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“…Additionally, the principal-agent model is an important part of the theory of institutional economics and has in recent years been widely applied to energy saving and emission reduction [28,29], governmental services [29,30], and food safety supervision [31][32][33]. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the application of principal-agent theory to targeted poverty alleviation.…”

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Research on the Principal–Agent Mechanism of Poverty Alleviation through Mandarin Popularization in Ethnic Minority Areas from the Perspective of Ability Incentive

Wang

2022

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In the process of poverty alleviation through Mandarin popularization in ethnic minority areas, there is a principal–agent relationship. In order to effectively stimulate the endogenous motivation of the public, it is necessary to study the principal–agent relationship between the local government and ethnic minorities in the process of poverty alleviation through Mandarin popularization from the perspective of ability incentive. Combining the traditional targeted poverty alleviation with principal–agent theory, this paper clarifies the principal–agent relationship between the local government, as principal, and the ethnic minorities, as agent, and constructsa principal–agent model based on information asymmetry scenarios. This model includes two scenarios: (1) the local government provides ability incentive; and (2) the local government does not provide ability incentive. Under the scenarios, the local government is risk-neutral, and the ethnic minorities are risk-averse. This paper focuses on analyzing the impact of ability incentives on the decision-making strategies of the local government and the public as well as on their expected revenue. Finally, the rationality and effectiveness of this model are verified through numerical simulation.

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“…This assumption seems to have influenced the burgeoning scholarship on the African Union (AU). The prevailing view is that the pan-African organisation is primarily an intergovernmental body (for claims that the AU is mainly an intergovernmental body, see Forbacha, 2020; Touray, 2017; Welz, 2020). It is widely seen by the public, discussed in popular media, and conceptualised by many experts as an intergovernmental body (Muchie et al, 2013; Olivier, 2015; Welz, 2020).…”

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“…The prevailing view is that the pan-African organisation is primarily an intergovernmental body (for claims that the AU is mainly an intergovernmental body, see Forbacha, 2020; Touray, 2017; Welz, 2020). It is widely seen by the public, discussed in popular media, and conceptualised by many experts as an intergovernmental body (Muchie et al, 2013; Olivier, 2015; Welz, 2020). As Olivier (2015: 214) put it, “the AU and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), have been classified as interstate as opposed to supranational by commentators.” Welz (2020: 161) takes this realist-inspired approach to the AU further by conceptualising African governments “as principals and the AU bureaucracy – the AU Commission in particular – as the agent.”…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The prevailing view is that the pan-African organisation is primarily an intergovernmental body (for claims that the AU is mainly an intergovernmental body, see Forbacha, 2020;Touray, 2017;Welz, 2020). It is widely seen by the public, discussed in popular media, and conceptualised by many experts as an intergovernmental body (Muchie et al, 2013;Olivier, 2015;Welz, 2020). As Olivier (2015: 214) put it, "the AU and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), have been classified as interstate as opposed to supranational by commentators.…”

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Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics

Tieku

2021

Africa Spectrum

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Conventional narratives suggest that the African Union Commission (AUC), like most international public administrations and international organisations (IOs) housed in the less materially endowed regions of the world, exercises no meaningful agency on international issues. This article however seeks to show that the AUC is neither a glorified messenger and docile follower of orders of governments nor is it an empty vessel that timidly goes where the wind of governments blows. Rather, the AUC exercises significant agency on issues that affect not just the African continent but also the broader international system. The AUC is often at the heart of international agenda-setting, norm development, decision-making, rule creation, policy development, and it sometimes offer strategic leadership. The article demonstrates six pathways through which the AUC acts like a tail wagging a dog.

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Reconsidering lock-in effects and benefits from delegation: the African Union’s relations with its member states through a principal–agent perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration

Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration

Research on the Principal–Agent Mechanism of Poverty Alleviation through Mandarin Popularization in Ethnic Minority Areas from the Perspective of Ability Incentive

Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics

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