Seminar: Konkurrencepræget klientilisme og effektivitet i Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania og Uganda

TIME: Monday, 5 December, 14 – 16

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

TIME: Monday, 5 December, 14 – 16

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

How and why do ruling elites support productive sector initiatives – and what are the outcomes? This has been the main questions guiding the Elites, Production, and Poverty research on selected productive sectors in Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, and Tanzania. These four countries have experienced prolonged periods of high growth within the last two decades.

However, growth has not been accompanied by a structural transformation of the economy in terms of job creation or productivity increases. Rather, the economies remain caught in low-technology agriculture, with most of the growth being driven by aid and rapidly increasing services sectors. Why has growth not led to more employment and more productivity? The explanations are found in key features of the ruling coalition and the ruling elites in the four countries.

However, under certain conditions it is possible for the state to create pockets of efficiency in specific sectors ― also in competitive clientelist contexts. Ruling elites will support a sector if it helps them to remain in power. Supporting a sector may, in turn, help to fund the ruling coalition, or it may create election support in areas previously hostile to the ruling elite. Supporting a sector may also result from pressure from producers. Such successful cases of state interventions to support productive sector development will also be presented.

The presentation will subsequently be published in an expanded version as a DIIS working paper in the EPP sub-series.

Speakers:

Mette Kjær, Associate Professor, Aarhus University
Lars Buur, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Søren Davidsen, Chief Technical Adviser, Danida
Ole Therkildsen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme:

14.00-14.05: Introduction; Ole Therkildsen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

14.05-14.40: Competitive Clientelism and Pockets of Efficiency in Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda; Lars Buur, Senior Researcher, DIIS; Mette Kjær, Associate Professor, Aarhus University

14.40-14.50: Comments; Søren Davidsen, Chief Technical Adviser, Danida

14.50-15.00: Coffee Break

15.00-16.00: Open Discussion

Chair: Ole Therkildsen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form from the website no later than Friday, 2 December 2011 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.