@article {63861,
	title = {States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Mar 6, 2000},
	abstract = {The most convincing theory of comparative economic development asserts that it is institutions {\textendash} the way societies are organized {\textendash} that are the fundamental cause of countries? development of underdevelopment. To attain prosperity, a country needs to accumulate physical and human capital and create and adopt technology. Whether or not it does so is determined by the incentives that stem from the institutional environment. },
	author = {Robinson, James A.}
}
