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Asian Tigers, African Lions Asian Tigers, African Lions For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV African Dynamics VOLUME 12 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/ad For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV Asian Tigers, African Lions Comparing the Development Performance of Southeast Asia and Africa Edited by Bernard Berendsen, Ton Dietz, Henk Schulte Nordholt & Roel van der Veen LEIDEN • BOSTON 2013 For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV Cover illustrations: Rice terraces in Jatiluwih, Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Photo by Globe- trotter (WikiMedia). A pair of hands fijilled with cowpea seeds (Vigna unguiculata). Photo: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria (IITA) (WikiMedia). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Asian tigers, African lions : comparing the development performance of Southeast Asia and Africa / edited by Bernard Berendsen, Ton Dietz, Henk Schulte Nordholt & Roel van der Veen. pages cm. — (African dynamics ; volume 12) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 978-90-04-25653-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-26000-9 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Economic development—Southeast Asia. 2. Economic development—Africa. 3. Southeast Asia—Economic policy. 4. Africa—Economic policy. I. Berendsen, Bernard. HC59.7.A8357 2013 338.959—dc23 2013033845 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 1568-1777 ISBN 978-90-04-25653-8 (paperback) ISBN 978-90-04-26000-9 (e-book) Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhofff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV Contents List of Figures and Tables ............................................................................ ix PART ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Tracking Development: Design, Process, Organization, and Results ....................................................................................... 3 Bernard Berendsen & Roel van der Veen 2. Diverging Paths: Explanations and Implications ...................... 27 David Henley & Jan Kees van Donge 3. Cross-regional Comparisons in Development: Questions, Approaches, and Challenges ...................................................... 51 Peter Lewis 4. Comparing the Agricultural Performance of Africa and Southeast Asia over the Last Fifty Years ................................. 85 Ton Dietz PART TWO COMPARING INDONESIA AND NIGERIA 5. Technocracy and the Institutionalization of Economic Development in Indonesia and Nigeria (1967–1990) .......... 131 Riwanto Tirtosudarmo For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV vi Contents 6. Elites and Exchange Rate Policy in Indonesia and Nigeria ..................................................................................... 151 Ahmad Helmy Fuady 7. Population Programmes and Their Implications for Poverty Reduction in Indonesia and Nigeria, 1966–1999 ................. 175 Akinyinka Akinyoade 8. The impact of Corruption on Economic Development: Comparing the Experience of Nigeria and Indonesia (1967–1998) ..................................................................................... 197 David U. Enweremadu PART THREE COMPARING MALAYSIA AND KENYA 9. Agricultural and Rural Development in Malaysia and Kenya and the Politics of Policy .............................................. 229 Joseph M. Fernando 10. The Politics of Policy for Poverty Reduction: Comparing Malaysia with Kenya ................................................................... 257 Othieno Nyanjom 11. A Comparison of the Industrial Policies and Outcomes in Kenya and Malaysia ..................................................................... 289 Bethuel K. Kinuthia & Ton Dietz 12. Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya and Malaysia ................ 317 Bethuel K. Kinuthia & Syed Mansoob Murshed PART FOUR COMPARING VIETNAM AND TANZANIA 13. Diffferential Supply Responses to Liberalization, and Resultant Poverty Alleviation in Vietnam and Tanzania .......................................................................................... 341 Jan Kees van Donge For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV Contents vii 14. The Variation in Output and Marketing of Cashew in Tanzania and Vietnam ................................................................ 367 Blandina Kilama 15. The Textile Industry in Vietnam and Tanzania ....................... 391 Jamal Msami PART FIVE COMPARING CAMBODIA AND UGANDA 16. Agricultural Policies and Performance in an African and Asian Poor Agrarian Society: Uganda and Cambodia Compared ........................................................................................ 419 André Leliveld & Han ten Brummelhuis 17. Rhetoric and Reality of Rural Road Building: Two Tales from Cambodia and Uganda ................................ 453 Kheang Un 18. (Re-)building Educational Systems as a Contribution to Growth and Well-Being: Comparing Uganda and Cambodia ........................................................................................ 475 Leang Un PART SIX SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS 19. Policy and Governance in Africa’s Economic Transformation: Firm Findings and Remaining Questions ............................. 499 David Booth Notes on Contributors ............................................................................. 517 For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV List of Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: GDP per capita (constant 2000 USD), 1960–2009 .............................................. 29 2.2 Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: life expectancy at birth, 1960–2005 ............................................................................. 30 2.3 Inflation, consumer prices (annual per cent): Indonesia and Nigeria, 1960–2008 ................................................................ 37 6.1 Offfijicial and parallel exchange rate in Nigeria (naira per US dollar) ..................................................................... 155 6.2 Non-fuel exports (current price, billions of USD) ............... 161 7.1 Annual growth rate of population of Nigeria and Indonesia: 1960–1999 ........................................................... 177 7.2 Poverty trend, Nigeria and Indonesia ..................................... 178 7.3 Reduction in TFR using diffferent survey estimates in Indonesia: 1965–2005 .................................................................... 182 7.4 Estimated GDP per capita for Nigeria using Indonesia’s population growth rate for 1970–2000 .................................... 192 8.1 Real GDP per capita (USD), Nigeria and Indonesia: 1969–2008 ......................................................................................... 208 8.2 Poverty trend for Nigeria and Indonesia: 1970–2000 .......... 208 9.1 GDP per capita (constant 2000 USD), 1960–2006 ............... 230 10.1 Comparing GDP per capita growth rates: Malaysia and Kenya ........................................................................................ 260 10.2 Comparing trends in GDP per capita: Malaysia and Kenya ........................................................................................ 262 10.3 Comparing Kenyan public spending against poverty (1999/00–2003/04) ......................................................................... 282 11.1 Kenya and Malaysia’s external and current account balance .............................................................................................. 300 11.2 Net offfijicial development assistance and offfijicial aid received in Kenya and Malaysia ............................................... 300 For use by the Author only | © 2013 Koninklijke Brill NV x List of Figures and Tables 12.1 Time series graphs for Kenya’s variables ........................... 330 12.2 Time series graphs for Malaysia’s variables ...................... 331 13.1 Comparison of GDP per capita in Tanzania and Vietnam ........................................................................................ 342 13.2 Net Food Production Index (1999–2000 = 100) ................ 347 13.3 Tanzania: Food imports (1000s USD) .................................. 347 13.4 A comparison of cofffee production in Tanzania and Vietnam ........................................................................................ 349 13.5 A comparison of cashew production in Tanzania and Vietnam ......................................................................................... 349 14.1 Tree density, output per tree, and yield by farmer type and country ....................................................................... 381 14.2
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