Sustaining the developmental state and moving towards a developed state in Botswana

Botlhale, Emmanuel

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2016.1259994

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“…The reality is probably more complex because local enablers or beneficiaries are equally to blame. Botswana's well‐managed diamond industry is one of the exceptions (Botlhale, 2016; Hillbom & Bolt, 2018). Unemployment is unexpectedly positively correlated with tax shares, but at LI levels, the results show the expected outcomes (Table 5).…”

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Domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries: An exploratory analysis of sub‐Saharan Africa and Latin America

Gwaindepi

2021

J of Intl Development

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This study compares taxation trends, volatility and tax effort between sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries since 1980. It finds that the LAC countries lead on revenue collection and revenue stability, but richer SSA countries outperform their LAC counterparts. Since 2010, there has been a divergence on personal income taxes, which have grown in SSA but declined in the LAC. The panel analysis shows that tax determinants are sensitive to income levels. The study shows the importance of exploring diversity and crossregional variations on income levels. Additionally, it shows that room exists for peer-to-peer lessons on tax reforms.

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Section: Discussion Of the Panel Resultsmentioning

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Domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries: An exploratory analysis of sub‐Saharan Africa and Latin America

Gwaindepi

2021

J of Intl Development

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“…Kuye and Tania Ajam, 2012, p. 51). Ethiopia and Rwanda (Clapham 2018(Clapham , p. 1151 and Botswana (Botlhale 2017) are also among the African countries that embrace developmental state ideas. In Turkey, a developmentalist discourse is seen in the research and development (R&D) sector (Kutlay and Karaoğuz 2018).…”

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The developmental state in the 21st century: A critical analysis and a suggested way forward

Karaoğuz

2022

Panoeconomicus

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A vast literature has accumulated on the developmental state since its introduction to scholarship in the 1980s. Despite many criticisms, developmental state is still the most viable alternative to the orthodoxy in the eyes of many. This article analytically investigates the sources of pessimism and optimism in the building of 21st century developmental states. The study notes that although there are sound reasons to be pessimistic regarding the emergence of successful cases in the new millennium, there are also reasonable grounds to be optimistic. A complex dynamic within and between domestic and international spheres determines the outcome, but there is no reason to disregard prematurely or embrace indisputably the developmental state construct.

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“…(Rodrik, 1998, p. 1). Botswana (Botlhale, 2017) and Mauritius (Tang et al, 2019) are other prominent cases of success in SSA, especially in terms of economic performance.…”

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Developmental States in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections on State, Development, and Foreign Policy

Karaoğuz¹

2020

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This article examines discussions on state development in the context of sub-Saharan Africa by concentrating on the nexus of state, development, and foreign policy. First, the article notes ambiguity to still exist on what the essential characteristics of a developmental state are, both in general as well as in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly because developmental state scholars see development as a context-dependent process. Also, scholars often even analyze different aspects of developmental states in the same context (i.e., quality of democracy, developmental outcomes, analysis of what is, and reflections on what should be). Second, even though the developmental state framework endorses a perspective that sharply contradicts the neoliberal orthodoxy, the case may be that the two occasionally converge on some policy proposals. Thus, if the goal is to formulate and implement effective policies in sub-Saharan Africa, it is better not to derive an oversimplified dichotomy between developmental state and orthodoxy. Lastly, the article highlights relatively recent attempts to have occurred investigating developmental states' foreign policy dimension in the context of South Africa, thus offering a novel and timely research agenda.

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Sustaining the developmental state and moving towards a developed state in Botswana

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

Domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries: An exploratory analysis of sub‐Saharan Africa and Latin America

Domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries: An exploratory analysis of sub‐Saharan Africa and Latin America

The developmental state in the 21st century: A critical analysis and a suggested way forward

Developmental States in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections on State, Development, and Foreign Policy

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