Africa's Growth Tragedy
Author | : William Easterly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Easterly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Morten Jerven |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2017-10-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317369343 |
What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the contributors to this book are unified in two conclusions: the quality and quantity of data needs to be improved; and this is a concern not just for statisticians. Weaknesses in statistical methodology and practice can misinform policy makers, international agencies, donors, the private sector, and the citizens of African countries themselves. This is also a problem for academics from various disciplines, from history and economics to social epidemiology and education policy. Not only does academic work on Africa regularly use flawed data, but many problems encountered in surveys challenge common academic abstractions. By exploring these flaws, this book will provide a guide for scholars, policy makers, and all those using and commissioning surveys in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Development Studies.
Author | : Malinda S. Smith |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1351955519 |
Well researched and insightful, this volume examines the historical and contemporary discourse on African development and the continent's place in the global economy. The chapters critically explore the roles played by various global and local social forces in the construction of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), offering critical insights on financing for development, the WTO and agriculture, ICTs and FDIs and the war on terrorism. NEPAD has been endorsed by the African Union, the Group of Eight and the United Nations System in order to address Africa's deficit through the forging of a global development partnership. This timely resource is suitable for students and policy makers concerned with development in the African post-colonies.
Author | : Assistant Professor Morten Jerven |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2015-06-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1783601353 |
‘A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.’ Foreign Affairs Not so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries. What, then, is the truth behind Africa’s growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, Morten Jerven fundamentally reframes the debate, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history. Whilst for the past two decades experts have focused on explaining why there has been a ‘chronic failure of growth’ in Africa, Jerven shows that most African economies have been growing at a rapid pace since the mid nineties. In addition, African economies grew rapidly in the fifties, the sixties, and even into the seventies. Thus, African states were dismissed as incapable of development based largely on observations made during the 1980s and early 1990s. The result has been misguided analysis, and few practical lessons learned. This is an essential account of the real impact economic growth has had on Africa, and what it means for the continent’s future.
Author | : Pierre Englebert |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781588261311 |
Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.
Author | : Ben Kiregyera |
Publisher | : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1920689567 |
The book presents a nuanced narrative about statistical development in Africa since around the time of independence when emerging states needed statistics mainly to support their planning processes. It highlights challenges faced then, some of which have persisted, including institutional, organizational and technical challenges. These challenges manifest themselves in countries with different degrees of severity and are quite severe in post-conflict countries. Key statistical programmes to support statistical development in Africa in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s are presented
Author | : Franklin Obeng-Odoom |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2020-03-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108491995 |
Explores and challenges existing conventions of inequality in Africa while offering new insights to explain persistent poverty across the continent.
Author | : Horman Chitonge |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2015-01-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 131757530X |
In recent years, Africa has undergone the longest period of sustained economic growth in the continent’s history, drawing the attention of the international media and academics alike. This book analyses the Africa Rising narrative from multidisciplinary perspectives, offering a critical assessment of the explanations given for the poor economic growth and development performance in Africa prior to the millennium and the dramatic shift towards the new Africa. Bringing in perspectives from African intellectuals and scholars, many of whom have previously been overlooked in this debate, the book examines the construction of Africa’s economic growth and development portraits over the years. It looks at two institutions that play a vital role in African development, providing a detailed explanation of how the World Bank and the IMF have interpreted and dealt with the African challenges and experiences. The insightful analysis reveals that if Africa is rising, only 20-30 per cent of Africans are aboard the rising ship, and the main challenge facing the continent today is to bring on board the majority of Africans who have been excluded from growth. This book makes the complex, and sometimes confusing debates on Africa’s economic growth experience more accessible to a wide range of readers interested in the Africa story. It is essential reading for students and researchers in African Studies, and will be of great interest to scholars in Development Studies, Political Economy, and Development Economics.
Author | : Abiodun Alao |
Publisher | : University Rochester Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781580462679 |
The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.
Author | : Robert H. Bates |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2014-04-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0520282566 |
Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa’s “growth tragedy,” Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates’s analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa’s recovery and discuss the significance of the continent’s success for the arguments of this classic work.