This volume analyzes and compares economic growth in Nigeria and Indonesia during the period from 1950 to 1985, addressing questions as to why one country was so much more successful than the other. Providing some surprising answers for those who believed that the divergence would be found in deeply rooted, long term trends, the authors also offer insight into what has become a reversal of fortune in the late 1990's, as Indonesia has experienced decline, and the Nigerian economy has stabilized.

This two-volume work gathers together 23 detailed case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, presenting the background causes, descriptions, results, and implications of all the recent economic upheavals in the developing world.

This second volume of a two-volume work gathers together 23 detailed case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, presenting the background causes, descriptions, results, and implications of all the recent economic upheavals in the developing world.

In this book, original essays by outstanding authors consider key issues in the external economic relations of developing countries.

An authoritative guide to Africa's economic development and prospects. This is volume 2 in a major international research project coordinated by the African Economic Research Consortium and bringing together the top academics in development economics, trade policy and international economics from Africa, Europe and North America. This second volume applies the theoretical framework and issues of economic liberalization and regional integration to detailed country case studies of the Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In this book, original essays by outstanding authors consider key issues in the external economic relations of developing countries.