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African Economic Development |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Author |
| Foreword | Peter Kilby |
| Part I. INTRODUCTION TO AFRICA AND AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| 1. Why Study African Economic Development? | Emmanuel Nnadozie |
| 2. Understanding and Classifying Africa: Myths Versus Reality | Emmanuel Nnadozie |
| 3. Definition and Measurement of Growth and Development in Africa | Emmanuel Nnadozie |
| PART II. AFRICA’S CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES | |
| 4. Background to the African Continent: Physical Geography and History | Mario Azevedo |
| 5. Economic Growth in Africa: Can Current Economic Theories Explain Africa's Performance? | Marcel Fafchamps |
| 6. Demography, the Labor Market and Development in Africa | Jacob Adetunji |
| 7. Poverty and Development in Africa | Nick Vink |
| 8. Gender, Poverty, and Development in Africa | Juliet Elu |
| PART III. CRITICAL ISSUES IN AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| 9. Implications of Ethnic Diversity | Paul Collier |
| 10. Health and Education in Africa | Mario Azevedo |
| 11. Women and African Economic Development | Elizabeth Asiedu |
| 12. Democracy and Development in Africa | John Quinn |
| 13. The Environment and Economic Development in Africa | Reg Green |
| 14. Political Instability, Wars, and African Development | Chukwuma Obidegwu |
| 15. The Economics of Conflict/Humanitarian Emergencies in Africa | E. Wayne Nafziger |
| 16. Corruption and African Economic Development | John Mbaku |
| PART IV. SECTORAL ANALYSIS | |
| 17. Land, Agriculture, and Development | Nii O. Tackie |
| 18. Mining, Manufacturing, and Development in Africa | Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong |
| 19. Financial System and Economic Development in Africa | Léonce Ndikumana |
| 20. Saving, Investment, and Capital Formation in Africa | Seymour Patterson |
| PART V. AFRICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT | |
| 21. Trade and African Economic Development. | Victor I. Oguledo |
| 22. Regionalism and Economic Development in Africa. | Femi Babarinde |
| 23. Aid Debt and Development in Africa | Bogdan Stefanski |
| 24. Globalization and African Development | Richard Mshomba |
| 25. Communications and Information Technology and African Development | Francis A.S.T. Matambalya |
| Part VI. DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR AFRIC | |
| 26. Economic Policies, Stabilization and Reforms in Africa. | Sarah Bryant |
| 27. Restarting and Sustaining Growth and Development in Africa | James S. Duesenberry, Arthur A. Goldsmith, and Malcolm F. McPherson |
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