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We use new data on political connections from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys to examine the impact of connections on firms' participation in global value chains (GVCs) for six MENA countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Lebanon). In addition to political connections, we construct several measures of "political influence" based on available data on lobbying and grand corruption. We also explore whether political connections help firms overcome barriers to trade and investment and increase their participation in GVCs at the extensive and intensive margins. Our findings suggest that political connections do matter for firms' GVC participation. The impact is more pronounced for firms that combine political connections with informal payments to influence policymaking. Our findings on the significance of trade and investment barriers for GVC participation for different categories of firms' political influence are – however – inconclusive.

When the state and business interact effectively they can promote a more efficient allocation of scarce resources, appropriate industrial policy and a more effective and prioritised removal of key obstacles to growth, than when the two sides fail to co-operate or engage in harmful collusion. This book, based on original empirical research undertaken in Africa and India, addresses what constitutes the effectiveness of state-business relations, what explains their formation and evolution over time and whether effective state-business relations matter for economic performance.Analysing.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface / Maxfield, Sylvia / Schneider, Ben Ross -- Part I: Concepts And Arguments -- 1. Business, the State, and Economic Performance in Developing Countries / Schneider, Ben Ross / Maxfield, Sylvia -- 2. Theories of Business and Business-State Relations / Haggard, Stephan / Maxfield, Sylvia / Schneider, Ben Ross -- Part II: Business Organization, Firm Structure, And Strong States -- 3. State Structures, Government-Business Relations, and Economic Transformation / Evans, Peter -- 4. The Political Economy of Sectors and Sectoral Change: Korea Then and Now / Shafer, Michael -- 5. Strong States and Business Organization in Korea and Taiwan / Fields, Karl -- 6. Business Elites, the State, and Economic Change in Chile / Silva, Eduardo -- Part III: Collective Business Action And Weak States -- 7. Big Business and the Politics of Economic Reform: Confidence and Concertation in Brazil and Mexico / Schneider, Ben Ross -- 8. A Historical View of Business-State Relations: Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela Compared / Thorp, Rosemary / Durand, Francisco -- 9. Competitive Clientelism and Economic Governance: The Case of Thailand / Doner, Richard F. / Ramsay, Ansil -- 10. Economic Governance in Turkey: Bureaucratic Capacity, Policy Networks, and Business Associations / Biddle, Jesse / Milor, Vedat -- References -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Chaebol and the Keiretsu: The Futility of Organizational Explanations -- 3: Explaining the Rise of the Mafioso States in East Asia -- 4: The South Korean State and the Chaebol -- 5: The Japanese State and the Keiretsu -- 6: Reforming the Chaebol and the Keiretsu -- 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index