African Economic Development / Edition 1

by Emmanuel Nnadozie

Overview

Growth and development are among the most exciting subjects in economics, and the application of their principles to African economies is both needed and timely. African Economic Development comprises a collection of articles written especially for this volume, which offer an authoritative statement about economic growth and development on the continent. Chapters are grouped together according to the major influences on growth and development and their effects, as well as the significant or unique problems which have slowed or undermined African growth, and the manifestations of development by country or region and by industry. While many books on regional economics become quickly outdated and overly narrow, these multidisciplinary regional studies with an economic bias will be considered cornerstones of the field for some years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780125199926
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	02/27/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	662
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.42(h) x 1.48(d)

About the Author

EMMANUEL NNADOZIE is currently Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). He was formerly a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Professor of Economics at the Truman State University, and served as Chief Economist and Director of Macroeconomic Policy Division for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
AFEIKHENA JEROME is currently Special Advisor at African Union Commission (AUC), and Professor of Economics at Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria. He has also held several distinguished positions including Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Visiting Fellow, the World Bank, and Senior Associate Fellow, Saint Anthony’s College, Oxford University.

Table of Contents

PART I.  Introduction to Africa and African Economic Development
Chapter 1. Why Study African Economic Development?; Emmanuel Nnadozie 
Chapter 2. Overview of African Development; Emmanuel Nnadozie 
Chapter 3. Definition and Measurement of Economic Growth and Development; Emmanuel Nnadozie and Afeikhena Jerome 
PART II. Africa's Characteristics and Development Challenges 
Chapter 4. Geo-Economy and History; Mario J. Azevedo
Chapter 5. Engines of Growth and Africa's Economic Performance; Marcel Fafchamps
Chapter 6. Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa; Achim Steiner
Chapter 7. Population; Jacob Adetunji
Chapter 8. Poverty and Development; Nick Vink, Norma Tregurtha and Louw Pienaar 
Chapter 9. Growth - Poverty - Inequality Nexus: Towards a Mutually Inclusive Relationship in Africa; Ayodele Odusola 
PART III. Critical Issues 
Chapter 10. Implications of Ethnic Diversity; Paul Collier  
Chapter 11. The Economics of Religious Conversion in Sub-Saharan Africa; Jean-Philippe Platteau
Chapter 12. Institutions and African Economic Development; Augustin Kwasi Fosu 
Chapter 13. Health and Economic Development; Mario J. Azevedo, Akim T. Lukwa and Olufunke Alaba 
Chapter 14. Education and Economic Development; Mario J. Azevedo and Emmanuel Nnadozie
Chapter 15. Leadership and Developments in Africa; John F. E. Ohiorhenuan
Chapter 16. Corruption and Economic Development; John Mukum Mbaku 
PART IV. Sector Analyses 
Chapter 17. Agricultural Transformation and Africa's Economic Development; T. S. Jayne, Rui Benfica, Felix Kwame Yeboah and Jordan Chamberlin 
Chapter 18. Innovative Finance in Africa; Nicholas Biekpe and Odongo Kodongo 
Chapter 19. Africa's Energy Conundrum; Afeikhena Jerome, Emmanuel Nnadozie and David Nabena 
Chapter 20. Reviving Industrialization in Africa; Afeikhena Jerome and Olu Ajaikaye 
PART V. Development Challenges, Policies and Strategies 
Chapter 21. Understanding Migration and Remittances: Lessons for Nigeria; Una Osili 
Chapter 22. Restarting and Sustaining Growth and Development; James S. Duesenberry, Arthur A. Goldsmith, and Malcolm F. McPherson 
Chapter 23. Sub-Saharan Africa's Development Experience and Policy Practice, 1960-2018; Olu Ajakaiye and Afeikhena Jerome 

Editorial Reviews

In a textbook on economic development in Africa, economists cover Africa's characteristics and development challenges; critical issues; sector analysis; and development challenges, policies, and strategies. The topics include the definition and measurement of growth and development, the growth-poverty-inequality nexus: toward a mutually inclusive relationship in Africa, the economics of religious conversion in sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural transformation and Africa's economic development, and sub-Saharan Africa's development experience and policy practice from 1960 to 2018.

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In a textbook on economic development in Africa, economists cover Africa's characteristics and development challenges; critical issues; sector analysis; and development challenges, policies, and strategies. The topics include the definition and measurement of growth and development, the growth-poverty-inequality nexus: toward a mutually inclusive relationship in Africa, the economics of religious conversion in sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural transformation and Africa's economic development, and sub-Saharan Africa's development experience and policy practice from 1960 to 2018.

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