(Under)privileged bureaucrats? : the changing fortunes of public servants in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 1960-2010

At independence the emerging African elite was dominated by employees of the state. Many academics have since speculated that this over-reliance on public employment contributed to the continent’s poor economic performance, as resources extracted from society were captured by a rent-seeking public s...

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Main Author: Simson, Rebecca
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.727613