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1 online resource (477 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Overview / Punam Chuhan-Pole, Shanatayanan Devarajan -- pt. I Tracking successful growth experiences. Tanzania : growth acceleration and increased public spending with macroeconomic stability / David O. Robinson, Matthew Gaertner, Chris Papageorgiou -- Building on growth in Uganda / Sarah Ssewanyana, John Mary Matovu, Evarist Twimukye -- Rapid growth and economic transformation in Mozambique, 1993-2009 / Antonio M.D. Nucifora, Luiz A. Pereira da Silva -- Botswana's success : good governance, good policies, and good luck / Michael Lewin -- Mauritius : an economic success story / Ali Zafar -- Cotton dependence in Burkina Faso : constraints and opportunities for balanced growth / Jonathan Kaminski -- pt. II Post conflict situations, building institutions and governance. Postconflict economic governance reform : the experience of Liberia / Vishal Gujadhur -- Decentralization in postconflict Sierra Leone : the genie is out of the bottle / Vivek Srivastava, Marco Larizza -- Transport infrastructure and the road to statehood in Somaliland / Jean-Paul Azam -- pt. III Leveraging sectoral advantages to expand exports. Growing Mali's mango exports : linking farmers to market through innovations in the value chain / Yéyandé Sangho, Patrick Labaste, Christophe Ravry -- Economic liberalization in Rwanda's coffee sector : a better brew for success / Karol C. Boudreaux -- Cocoa in Ghana : shaping the success of an economy / Shashi Kolavalli, Marcella Vigneri -- Apparel exports in Lesotho : the state's role in building critical mass for competitiveness / Mallika Shakya -- The success of tourism in Rwanda : gorillas and more / Hannah Nielsen, Anna Spenceley |
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pt. IV Boosting agricultural efficiency and output through targeted interventions. Increasing rice productivity and strengthening food security through New Rice for Africa (NERICA) / Aliou Diagne, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi, Marco Wopereis, Inoussa Akintayo -- Fertilizer in Kenya : factors driving the increase in usage by smallholder farmers / Joshua Ariga, T.S. Jayne -- Malawi's agricultural input subsidy program experience over 2005-09 / Andrew Dorward, Ephraim Chirwa, T.S. Jayne -- Moneymaker pumps : creating wealth in Sub-Saharan Africa / I.V. Sijali, M.G. Mwago -- pt. V Engaging the private sector to upgrade infrastructure. ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa : success stories / Kaoru Kimura, Duncan Wambogo Omole, Mark Williams -- Mobile payments go viral M-PESA in Kenya / Ignacio Mas, Dan Radcliffe -- Independent power projects in Sub-Saharan Africa : determinants of success / Anton Eberhard, Katharine Nawal Gratwick -- pt. VI Improving human development outcomes with innovative policies. Innovative financing for health in Rwanda : a report of successful reforms / C. Sekabaraga, A. Soucat, F. Diop, G. Martin -- The malaria control success story / Anne-Maryse Pierre-Louis, Jumana Qamruddin, Isabel Espinosa, Shilpa Challa -- Health extension workers in Ethiopia : improved access and coverage for the rural poor / Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, Christopher H. Herbst, Feng Zhao, Agnes Soucat, Christophe Lemiere -- Family planning trends in Sub-Saharan Africa : progress, prospects, and lessons learned / Mona Sharan, Saifuddin Ahmed, John May, Agnes Soucat -- Achieving universal primary education through school fee abolition : some policy lessons from Uganda / B. Essama-Nssah |
| Summary |
Over the past decade Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a remarkable turnaround in economic performance. After years of stagnation, economic growth has spurted gross domestic product (GDP) grew from an annual average rate of less than 2 percent in 1978-95 to nearly 6 percent over 2003-08. Inflation is half its level of the mid-1990s. Private capital flows have risen to $50 billion, exceeding foreign aid. Exports are growing, as is private sector activity. The number of democratic regimes has risen and the security situation has improved. The poverty rate is falling by 1 percentage point a year. Countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritania, and Rwanda are on track to reach many of the millennium development goals. Nine African countries have achieved or are on track to achieve the target for extreme poverty. Among other encouraging trends are more fair and effective leadership, an improving business climate, increasing innovation, a more involved citizenry, and growing reliance on home-grown solutions. More and more, Africans are driving African development. This increased dynamism in Sub-Saharan Africa is evident across a broad swath of countries. It has created optimism that Africa's favorable development performance will be long lasting and that it could dramatically transform countries in the region. Along the way, the prevailing discourse on Africa's economic development has shifted from whether the region will develop to how the region is developing. After a review of the major recent economic developments in Africa, this overview describes the approach and methodology used in the study of African successes |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Economic policy
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001552
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Africa -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001574
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chuhan-Pole, Punam.
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Angwafo, Manka.
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| LC no. |
2011014918 |
| ISBN |
9780821387467 |
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0821387464 |
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9780821387450 |
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0821387456 |
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