Towards Economic Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa : Essays in Honour of Robert Gardiner

ISBN-13: 9780415593755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 292 str.

James Pickett;Hans Singer;?Abar

Opis

Written by a team of leading development economists, the book takes a close look at the economic decline of Sub-Saharan Africa and provides a set of guidelines for promoting economic recovery. It outlines the economic and social policies required to put the region back on the road to sustained development.

Spis treści

1. Towards Economic Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa  2. Ghana’s Experience with Structural Adjustment: Some Lessons  3. Ghana’s Economic Reforms, 1983-7: Origins, Achievements and Limitations  4. The Volta River Project: for Whom the Smelter Tolled  5. Public-Sector Pay: the Case of Sudan  6. Economic Integration/Co-ordination in Africa: the Dream Lives, but how can it be Lived?  7. Economic Integration in Africa: A New Phase  8. Intra-African Trade  9. The Optimum Amount of Development Assistance  10. The Role of Food Aid  11. Social Development in Africa: Perspective, Reality and Promise  12. The Low-Income Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa: problems and Prospects.