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From crisis to growth in Africa? / edited by Mats Lundahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Development Economics
- Routledge Studies in Development Economics ; v.v.24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--Economic policy--Congresses.
- Africa.
- Africa--Economic conditions--1960---Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is concerned with the problem of achieving sustained economic growth in thirteen African countries. These are divided into three groups: the war stricken economics (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia and Eritrea), the reform strugglers (Kenya, Cape Verde, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe) and the growth seekers (Uganda, South Africa and Lesotho). Virtually all of these countries have gone through a structural adjustment program designed to remove imperfections that make it difficult for the market system to work in an optimal fashion. This title reviews these experiences.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Angola: a history of oil, war and economic policy; 3 Guinea-Bissau: a rocky road to reform and stability; 4 Ethiopian reforms; 5 Eritrean reforms: a struggle for sustained independence and economic growth; 6 Kenya's growth prospects: the basic constraints; 7 Cape Verde; 8 Explaining Zambia's elusive growth; 9 From stagnation to growth in Tanzania; 10 The Post-Washington Consensus in Mozambique; 11 Investment, productivity growth and structural adjustment in Zimbabwe; 12 Has Uganda taken off?; 13 Can South Africa break the deadlock?
- 14 Foreign dependency and high-speed growth in LesothoEpilogue; Index
- Notes:
- "Essays ... presented at the conference 'From crisis to growth in Africa?' at the Stockholm School of Economics on 7-8 May 1999" - Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-52412-9
- 1-134-52413-7
- 1-280-11153-4
- 0-203-99565-1
- 9780203995655
- OCLC:
- 299571716
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