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This paper seeks to show that public sector - private sector relations in Ghana are shaped by domestic political factors. It examines the twin themes of the politics of private investment and the politics of the economic boundaries of the state in Ghana under the Provisional National Defence Council. In exploring the supply responses of private investors it argues that these are largely conditioned by domestic political constraints. And in discussing the state's changing developmental role it argues that this is, above all, the product of domestic conflict and contention. (DÜI-Hff)

In postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa, the private sector has lacked the capacity to play a leading economic & political role. The weaknesses of indigenous business &, especially, the absence of an autonomous class of private capital, coupled with government controls over business associations, have diminished the possibilities for local business to be at the forefront of economic & political activism. Quite extensive state ownership & public enterprise have also curbed the growth of private sector influence. Even under recent economic & political liberalization, a private sector that can delimit state power is far from extant. Adapted from the source document.

Lesothos Regierungen haben sich immer um ausländische Investitionen bemüht. In der jüngeren Vergangenheit haben ausländische Investitionen und der Zustrom ausländischer Händler jedoch zu Unzufriedenheit und, im Mai 1991, zu Unruhen geführt. Der Artikel geht den Gründen für die Unruhen nach und untersucht deren wirtschaftliche und politische Implikationen für die Zukunft. (DÜI-Sbd)

The emergence of a consensus that the performance of the public sector in Ghana had been poor, and that there were limits as to what it could achieve in terms of economic growth, led the Provisional National Defence Council (P.N.D.C.) to implement various policy reforms. As the Governor of the Bank of Ghana argued in 1984: 'Given the dismal performance of the public sector, there is need for greater reliance on private investment in the Government's efforts to resuscitate the economy'. At the same time, the P.N.D.C. began to reassess the economic role of the public sector. According to a recent document prepared by the National Commission for Democracy, 'changed national policies' in Ghana include 'the reduction of the state's rôle in the economic life of the nation through shifting of more responsibility to the private sector.