Industrialization in Africa has relied heavily on state institutions of various kinds and on the inflow of foreign capital, especially foreign aid. This book explains how these features have jointly contributed to cases of failure in the public sector, but also to a number of success stories.

Industrialization in Africa has relied heavily on state institutions of various kinds and on the inflow of foreign capital, especially foreign aid. With particular reference to technology and on the basis of a wide range of case studies, this book explains how these features have jointly contributed not only to the many cases of failure in the public sector, but also to a number of exceptional cases that can be regarded as success stories.

Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: THE BUREAUCRATIC CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES - The Growth and Technological Performance of Public Sector Institutions - The Bureaucratic Choice of Techniques: Textiles in Tanzania - The Irrelevance of Ideology in the Public Sector: A Comparison of Kenya and Tanzania - Bureaucratic Versus Economic Man: A Note on Power Alcohol Production in Kenya and Zimbabwe - Appropriate Technology in the Public Sector - Foreign Aid and the Bureaucratic Choice of Techniques - PART 2: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BUREAUCRACY - The Political Economy of Bureaucracy: A Public Choice Perspective - The Centralized African State and Its Implications for Technological Behaviour in the Public Sector - Index