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Title From conflict to recovery in Africa / edited by Tony Addison
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : illustrations, map
Series [WIDER studies in development economics]
Studies in development economics.
Contents 1. Introduction / Tony Addison -- 2. From Conflict to Recovery? / Tony Addison -- 3. From Humanitarian Assistance to Poverty Reduction in Angola / Mario Adauta de Sousa, Tony Addison, Bjorn Ekman and Asa Stenman -- 4. Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods and Social Capital in Mozambique / Clara de Sousa -- 5. Displaced Communities and the Reconstruction of Livelihoods in Eritrea / Gaim Kibreab -- 6. Demobilization, Land, and Household Livelihoods in Ethiopia / Daniel Ayalew, Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan -- 7. Selecting Priorities for Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Ethiopia / Arne Bigsten -- 8. Angola's Incomplete Transition / Renato Aguilar -- 9. The Agrarian Question in Mozambique's Transition and Reconstruction / Marc Wuyts -- 10. Privatization and Economic Strategy in Mozambique / Carlos Castel-Branco, Christopher Cramer and Degol Hailu -- 11. Ethiopia's New Financial Sector and its Regulation / Tony Addison and Alemayehu Geda -- 12. Building New States: Lessons from Eritrea / Gote Hansson -- 13. Reconstruction, Reform, and State Capacity in Guinea-Bissau / Jens Kovsted and Finn Tarp -- 14. The Fiscal Dimensions of Ethiopia's Transition and Reconstruction / David L. Bevan -- 15. Overcoming the Fiscal Crisis of the African State / Tony Addison and Leonce Ndikumana -- 16. Communities, Private Sectors, and States / Tony Addison
Summary Establishing peace & reconstructing war-damaged economies in Africa is a major challenge. This volume assesses ways of achieving a general improvement in the economic condition of nations, while ensuring that the benefits are not the perogative of elite groups
Notes Series from dust jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Privatization -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies
Economic policy
Privatization
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic policy -- Case studies
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Addison, Tony
World Institute for Development Economics Research
ISBN 9780191698712
0191698717