Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Abstract: ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis seeks to explain why the resource curse did not take hold in Botswana despite its diamond deposits. Drawing on a case study of Botswana, the thesis uses a historical institutional approach (state centralisation, the rule of law and property rights) and found that a significant degree of state centralisation and inclusive institutions –as evidenced through enforcement of law and property rights –laid the foundation for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to emerge at independence as a centralised authority. It was this authority which aided Botswana in its successful management of diamonds, thereby escaping the resource curse.
Author: Alexandra Karstens
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3160725530