Privatization and patronage – the new politics of doing business in a developing megacity

• In Event: The Politics of Development and Public Goods Provision

Brief Overview

This study uses process-tracing and historical methods, combined with over ten months of in-depth qualitative fieldwork, to test its claims. It suggests a novel theory of how low-income states engage in private contracting of public services.

Author

• Erum Aly Haider, Georgetown University