State Fragility, Business, and Economic Performance:An Ethiopian Perspective (Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth)

by: Belay Seyoum (Author)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Edition: 1st ed. 2024

Publication Date: 2024/1/3

Language: English

Print Length: 479 pages

ISBN-10: 3031447751

ISBN-13: 9783031447754

Book Description

The growing number of states with weak capacity to carry out basic goveance functions is leading to unacceptable levels of human suffering. Using Ethiopia as a case study, this book acknowledges the multidimensional nature of state fragility and highlights the non-political factors that drive it.The first part uses institutional theory to explore how weak institutions become a source of state fragility by undermining social cohesion and the broader economic progress of countries. Part two examines the role of entrepreneurship and industrial policy as a means of creating and sustaining economic and political stability, trade policy as a means of increasing incomes and easing tensions, and technology policy as a means of engaging people in entrepreneurship and innovation. The final chapter provides lessons that fragile nations can lea from successful developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America.This book will appeal to researchers interested in inteational business, economic and business policy, inteational trade, and emerging markets who seek to understand how fragile states can promote sustainable peace and development.

About the Author

The growing number of states with weak capacity to carry out basic goveance functions is leading to unacceptable levels of human suffering. Using Ethiopia as a case study, this book acknowledges the multidimensional nature of state fragility and highlights the non-political factors that drive it.The first part uses institutional theory to explore how weak institutions become a source of state fragility by undermining social cohesion and the broader economic progress of countries. Part two examines the role of entrepreneurship and industrial policy as a means of creating and sustaining economic and political stability, trade policy as a means of increasing incomes and easing tensions, and technology policy as a means of engaging people in entrepreneurship and innovation. The final chapter provides lessons that fragile nations can lea from successful developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America.This book will appeal to researchers interested in inteational business, economic and business policy, inteational trade, and emerging markets who seek to understand how fragile states can promote sustainable peace and development.