IMF and World Bank sponsored structural adjustment programs in Africa : Ghana's experience, 1983-1999 / edited by Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Konadu-Agyemang, Kwadwo.

Series:

Voices in development management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Ghana.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Ghana.

Ghana--Economic conditions--1979-.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

1 An Overview of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa / Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang 1

2 Structural Adjustment Programs and the Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Ghana / Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, Baffour Kwaku Takyi 17

3 The Growth of Public Debt in a Reforming Economy / Joe Amoako-Tuffour 41

4 Fiscal Impacts of Structural Adjustment / Kojo Appiah-Kubi 77

5 From a Developmental to a Managerial Paradigm: Ghana's Administrative Reform under Structural Adjustment Programs / Peter Fuseini Haruna 111

6 Cocoa Production under Ghana's Structural Adjustment Programs: A Study of Rural Farmers / Kwaku Osei-Akom 141

7 Structural Adjustment Programs and Ghana's Mineral Industry / Eric Asa 157

8 Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on Forests and Natural Resource Management / Noble T. Donkor 181

9 Structural Adjustment Programs and the Mortgaging of Africa's Ecosystems: The Case of Mineral Development in Ghana / Charles Anyinam 197

10 Structural Adjustment Programs, Human Resources and Organizational Challenges Facing Labor and Policy Makers in Ghana / Kwamina Panford 219

11 Structural Adjustment, Policies and Democracy in Ghana / Kwame Boafo-Arthur 241

12 Migration and Remittances: Rural Household Strategies for Coping with Structural Adjustment Programs in Ghana / Siaw Akwawua 273

13 Rural Banking and Credit Inter-mediation in an Era of Structural Adjustments / Andy C. Y. Kwawukume 283

14 Structural Adjustment Programs and Emerging Urban Forms / Ian E. A. Yeboah 311

15 Urban Planning and Management under Structural Adjustment / Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh 333

16 Structural Adjustment and the Health Care System / Joseph R. Oppong 357

17 Adjustment Reforms in a Poor Business Environment: Explaining Why Poor Institutions Persist under Ghana's Reforms / Nicholas Amponsah 371

18 Progress in Adjustment in Ghana: Is Growth Sustainable? / Robert Armstrong 391

19 Alternative Methods for Evaluating Structural Adjustment Programs / Francois K. Doamekpor 407

20 Africa Under World Bank/IMF Management: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times / Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang 427.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754613968

OCLC:

46507186