The author observes, “these capital inflows resulted in the rise of strong autonomous informal economic sectors and altered the socioeconomic landscape of all three countries in profound, but divergent, ways.” Black Markets and Militants is part of a recent body of research that attempts to understand the state's role in the face of a growing informal economic sector driven by religious “trust net. [...] It also played a central role in negotiating with the post-Ben Ali regime and pressing for the constitutional assembly's election.5 The UGTT lobbied for more employment in the public sector, pushing for a wage hike and insisting on the inclusion of social and economic rights in the 1. [...] The privatization of violence had a deleterious effect on state-building and the provision of security as a public good for Sierra Leoneans, but it was a survival strategy for a ruler who had survived two coup d’etats (surviving the second only with the assistance of troops from neighboring Guinea.) The central aim of the personal rule is to prevent unity and coalition-building among the country’s. [...] What these numbers suggest, writes Heydemann, “is that a concerted effort will be needed once the pandemic recedes to support the restoration and repair of the social bonds and social solidarities that play a crucial role in sustaining the economic resilience of the least well-off in the MENA region.”19 “A Hopeful Continent” The discourse of state failure is, of course, intertwined with the Afro-p. [...] About the Policy Center for the New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South.
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