Consequences Of Globalisation For Sub Saharan Africa

5. Is the ‘criminalisation’ of the State a useful and accurate analysis of the consequences of globalisation for Sub-Saharan Africa? Exemplify your answer. The Criminalisation of the State in Africa is an unhelpful and inaccurate phenomena which postulates that at the heart of political and governmental institutions within Africa lies crime. It is clear that in the wake of globalisation and post-colonial neoliberal reforms Africa has struggled to maintain its stature in the world wide global economy; the GDP for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa stands at $744 billion, which is just 28% of Chinas. The rise of the Asian Tiger economies in the east marked the beginning of modern globalisation; improvements in technology and the outsourcing of†¦show more content†¦Although growth has been slow in comparison to the rest of the world increases in FDI, social enterprise and the manufacturing sector suggest that there is hope for the continent; with historical social unrest and political deviance thus far preventing wide-spread economic growth and development. Africa has a history of political and civil unrest dating back to the late 19th century and the start of the colonial occupation of African nations. Since independence many nations have struggled with undemocratic governments famous for corruption, embezzlement and money laundering. Within the criminalisation of state theory it is claimed that Sub-Saharan Africa has a standardised criminal model derived from dominant social groups exploiting the income gained from their insertion into the international economy as a method of dependence (Bayart, Ellis and Hibou 1999). This is an attempt to show the historical context of the criminality within the state as if it is something that has existed throughout all of the African nations importing and exporting life-span. In order to suit this argument it is easy to use few famous state leaders, such as Charles Taylor or Joseph Momoh, who are renowned for their criminal activity as examples; however to paint a whole continent with the same brus h seems nonsensical and inaccurate. Botswana emerged from the colonial regime one of the poorest nations in Africa yet due to a