Our Continent, Our Future

Our Continent, Our Future
Author: P. Thandika Mkandawire
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 155250204X

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Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Policy Adjustment in Africa

Policy Adjustment in Africa
Author: Chris Milner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1992-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349120421

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The volume provides a range of case studies and both complements and advances core texts on economic development. The topics addressed cover a range of issues around the theme of policy adjustment.

Adjustment in Africa

Adjustment in Africa
Author: Ishrat Husain
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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The book presents case studies of Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania - all chosen for the wide variety of conditions present before their individual adjustment programmes began. The studies confirm that whenever adjustment programmes are vigorously pursued, results are strongly positive from the viewpoints of growth and alleviation of poverty. A key element in ensuring a successful adjustment programme is strong motivation and commitment by the leadership of each nation. Too many abrupt, unpredictable and frequent changes and reversals of policies erode the credibility of the programmes, intensify the uncertainties, and slow down investor confidence. In short, the success of reforms hinges on policy stability, continuity and predictability.

Structural Adjustment and Economic Development in Africa

Structural Adjustment and Economic Development in Africa
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1990
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

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Structural Adjustment Reconsidered

Structural Adjustment Reconsidered
Author: David E. Sahn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1999-08-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521665131

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In this 1998 study the authors isolate the effect of specific policy measures associated with adjustment programs in ten African countries.

Africa Beyond Adjustment

Africa Beyond Adjustment
Author: Nguyuru Haruna Ibrahim Lipumba
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Food Security Policy in Africa Between Disaster Relief and Structural Adjustment

Food Security Policy in Africa Between Disaster Relief and Structural Adjustment
Author: Gabriele Geier
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135207690

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According to the FAO, one person in three in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from malnutrition, and one in seven is in danger of dying. Most African countries no longer seem capable of ensuring that their people have access to sufficient food. Given the failure of past efforts the objectives of food security policies and their effectiveness have to be reconsidered. This book shows that the debate on food security policies has changed with the passage of time. The entitlement debate triggered by A. Sen had a major influence on this change but, the bearing of socio-economic structures on the food security of African households and their individual members are still not fully recognised.

Structural Adjustment, Reconstruction and Development in Africa

Structural Adjustment, Reconstruction and Development in Africa
Author: Kempe Ronald Hope
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429686757

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First published in 1997, this volume is intended to make a contribution to both the literature and the contentious debate on the relationship between structural adjustment and reconstruction and development in Africa, as seen from the multidisciplinary perspective of academics and practitioners working in Africa on African development problems and issues. The implementation of structural adjustment in Africa has spawned a considerable, and still on-going, debate with vociferous advocates on both sides of the issue, particularly with respect to the efficacy of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) as an antidote to Africa’s development crisis. This book contributes to that debate with a rich mixture of analytical views and ideas covering a wide range of countries and sectors on the role and impact of structural adjustment programmes on the process of reconstruction and development in Africa.

Policy Adjustment in Africa

Policy Adjustment in Africa
Author: Chris Milner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 249
Release: 1992
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9780312085469

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This book contains a series of case studies on differing aspects of policy adjustment in Africa. The studies, by specialists with operational experience of economic policy reform in Africa, are both topical and relevant to current policy debate. The issues raised are set within the context of economic recovery programmes sponsored by external agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that are intended to alleviate the continent's very special and extreme problems.

The Policy Paradox in Africa

The Policy Paradox in Africa
Author: Elias Ayuk
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1552503356

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It provided technical and financial support to economic research centres in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) so that they can undertake policy-relevant research with the goal of influencing economic policy-making. In January 2005, the Secretariat organized an international conference in Dakar, Senegal, during which participants from key economic think tanks presented their experiences in the policy development process in Africa. Of particular interest was the role of economic research and economic researchers in policy-making. The authors examine the extent to which economic policies that are formulated in the sub-continent draw from research based on local realities and undertaken by local researchers and research networks in Africa.