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Is There a Different Political Economy for Developing Countries? Issues, Perspectives, and Methodology †

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It is argued that the same basic building blocks of political economy models are relevant for developing and developed economies, though the policy questions, key political mechanisms and specific models may differ. Towards this end, this paper first sets out a common framework of analysis and then argues that specific features of the political economy of developing economies can be analysed using this framework. This paper also reviews some empirical results on political budget cycles and on voter response to electoral manipulation that suggest that the same general behavioural rules may describe political actors in both developed and developing countries. Copyright The author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Allan Drazen, 0. "Is There a Different Political Economy for Developing Countries? Issues, Perspectives, and Methodology †," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 17(suppl_1), pages -71.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:17:y::i:suppl_1:p:-71
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    1. Ali Abdel Gadir Ali, "undated". "The Political Economy of Inequality in the Arab Region and Relevant Development Policies," API-Working Paper Series 0904, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center.
    2. Blessings Chinsinga & Colin Poulton, 2014. "Beyond Technocratic Debates: The Significance and Transience of Political Incentives in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP)," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 32(s2), pages 123-150, September.
    3. Ali Abdel Gadir Ali, 2009. "The Political Economy of Inequality in the Arab Region and Relevant Development Policies," Working Papers 502, Economic Research Forum, revised Aug 2009.
    4. Fagernäs, Sonja & Pelkonen, Panu, 2014. "Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India," IZA Discussion Papers 8366, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Colin Poulton, 2014. "Democratisation and the Political Incentives for Agricultural Policy in Africa," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 32(s2), pages 101-122, September.

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