State Fragility, Business, and Economic Performance: An Ethiopian Perspective

The book explores the multidimensional nature of state fragility and highlights the non-political factors that drive it, using Ethiopia as a case study. It examines the role of entrepreneurship and industrial policy, trade policy, and technology policy in creating and sustaining economic and political stability, and provides lessons that fragile nations can learn from successful developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Format: Hardback
Length: 465 pages
Publication date: 03 January 2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The growing number of states with weak capacity to carry out basic governance 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 learn from successful developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America. This book will appeal to researchers interested in international business, economic and business policy, international trade, and emerging markets who seek to understand how fragile states can promote sustainable peace and development.

Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031447754
Edition number: 1st ed. 2024