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1 online resource (392 pages) |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report ; v. 4 |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. Agriculture -- 1. Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1961 / Steven Block -- 2. Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda / Richard Rogerson -- 3. Sahel's Silent Maize Revolution: Analyzing Maize Productivity in Mali at the Farm Level / Paul Laris -- 4. Contract Farming and Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya / Sendhil Mullainathan -- 5. Determinants of Food-Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World / Nancy Qian -- 6. International and Intranational Market Segmentation and Integration in West Africa / Stephen A. O'Connell -- II. Country Studies -- 7. Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa / Luis Brites Pereira -- 8. Mauritius: African Success Story / Jeffrey Frankel -- 9. Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective / James A. Robinson |
| Summary |
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level. The fourth volume in the series, African Successes: Sustainable Growth combines informative case studies with careful empirical analysis to consider the prospects for future African growth |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Economic development
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnson, Simon, 1963-
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Weil, David N.
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| ISBN |
022631569X |
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9780226315690 |
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