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The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000
The period from 1960 to 2000 was one of remarkable growth and transformation in the world economy. Why did most of Sub-Saharan Africa fail to develop over this period? Why did a few small African economies succeed spectacularly? The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000 is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive assessment of Africa's post-independence economic performance to date. Volume 2 supports and extends the analysis of African economic growth presented in the first volume by providing twenty-six case studies of individual African economies. The book is broken into three parts based on the three main types of economy found in Sub-Saharan landlocked, coastal and resource-rich. Eighteen of the case studies are contained in the book and a further eight are included on an accompanying CD-Rom. This is an invaluable resource for researchers and policy-makers concerned with the economic development of Africa.
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First published December 1, 2007
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June 27, 2013
I read most of this book as part of a course on the political economy of Africa in college.
What I liked about it is that it provided some really innovative, interesting theories to explain the divergent economic performance of African economies. It was not just a straightforward application of generic textbook economics to Africa, and incorporated deep sociocultural insights into its explanations, which made it entertaining reading. Well, for political economy students, at least.
In particular, I thought the work on the differing value of land in Africa and the interactions between control regimes and local population groupings of great interest.
I cannot count myself an expert in this area, but as a primer I think the works included would give anyone a lot to chew on and at the very least inspire some creative thinking about how policies might work or not work in different locations. I still think of some of the things I learned in this book today, more than 5 years later, which is a great achievement on the part of any textbook author.
What I liked about it is that it provided some really innovative, interesting theories to explain the divergent economic performance of African economies. It was not just a straightforward application of generic textbook economics to Africa, and incorporated deep sociocultural insights into its explanations, which made it entertaining reading. Well, for political economy students, at least.
In particular, I thought the work on the differing value of land in Africa and the interactions between control regimes and local population groupings of great interest.
I cannot count myself an expert in this area, but as a primer I think the works included would give anyone a lot to chew on and at the very least inspire some creative thinking about how policies might work or not work in different locations. I still think of some of the things I learned in this book today, more than 5 years later, which is a great achievement on the part of any textbook author.
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