African Successes, Volume I : Government and Institutions / Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, David N. Weil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, Sebastian, Editor.

Johnson, Simon, Editor.

Weil, David N., Editor.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development.

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level. The first volume in the series, African Successes: Governments and Institutions considers the role governments and institutions have played in recent developments and identifies the factors that enable economists to predict the way institutions will function.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Introduction

Volume Introduction

1. Healing the Wounds: Learning from Sierra Leone's Postwar Institutional Reforms

2. The Political Economy of Government Revenues in Postconflict Resource- Rich Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone

3. Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty- Related Services? Evidence from Benin

4. Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village- Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso

5. New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa

6. Deals versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It

7 The Unofficial Economy in Africa

8. State versus Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya

9. Fifteen Years On: Household Incomes in South Africa

10. Is Tanzania a Success Story? A Long-Term Analysis

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226316369

022631636X

OCLC:

959148489