African Economies In Transition

Author : Jo Ann Paulson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349274833

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An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s, with the focus on economic liberalization in those socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. A companion theoretical volume (0-333-66545-7) examines the changing role of the state during the period of transition. This volume examines the important debate on agricultural reforms in the period, and provides in-depth country studies of the transition economies, covering Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania and the impact of war on transition in Angola and Mozambique. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

Author : Jo Ann Paulson
Publisher : MacMillan
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0333665457

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An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s. The focus is on the reform process in the socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. The impact of the subsequent economic liberalization and the changing role of the state during the period of transition is the focus of this theoretical overview, with particular coverage of macroeconomic management and the privatization of state enterprises. A companion volume (0-333-71237-4) contains in-depth country studies. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

Author : Jo Ann Paulson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:929282521

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Author : Zaki Ergas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349188864

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The African State in Transition by Zaki Ergas Pdf

In the first twenty-five years of African independence the behaviour of the African state elites has not been, with a few notable exceptions, conducive to self-sustained development. What are the reasons for this sorry state of affairs? What can be done to reverse that unfortunate trend? These are the two overarching questions with which this book attempts to grapple.

Author : Conference on Indigenous and Induced Elements in the Economics of Subsaharan Africa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:258162819

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Economic Transition in Africa. Papers Pres. at a Conference on Indigenous and Induced Elements in the Economics of Subsaharan Africa, 1961 by Conference on Indigenous and Induced Elements in the Economics of Subsaharan Africa Pdf

Author : Per Ronnas,Örjan Sjöberg,Maud Hemlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429806421

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Institutional Adjustment for Economic Growth by Per Ronnas,Örjan Sjöberg,Maud Hemlin Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume focuses on the special category of countries popularly referred to as ‘transition economies’ through an analysis of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their role in Asian economies, with a view to assessing whether they could or should provide a model for African countries. The present volume explores the institutional peculiarities displayed by ‘transition economies’. These are economies which are undergoing a comprehensive and fundamental societal transformation with a view to creating a utopian communist society within the frame of a centrally administered economy, then a pluralistic society based on a market economy and the rule of law. Much of the debate on the economic performance of African LCD's has focused on informal sector activities or on the imperative to achieve structural adjustment. By highlighting instead the challenges facing two of the least successful among the African economies - Ethiopia and Tanzania, both of which share a socialist past - this book moves beyond the above issues. It argues that institutional adjustment is critical to the prospects for success in developing transition economies. As such the book investigates the transaction costs environment within which small-scale industrial activities are set. By drawing extensively on the Asian experience, (predominantly China and Vietnam but also India and Taiwan), it identifies sources of transaction costs by examining not only the transactional disadvantages of small-scale production, but also the past and present sources of institutional inefficiency.

Author : Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic Growth
Publisher : Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : UCAL:$B842

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Economic Transition in Africa by Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic Growth Pdf

Author : Jo Ann Paulson
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0333712374

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African Economies in Transition by Jo Ann Paulson Pdf

An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s, with the focus on economic liberalization in those socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. A companion theoretical volume (0-333-66545-7) examines the changing role of the state during the period of transition. This volume examines the important debate on agricultural reforms in the period, and provides in-depth country studies of the transition economies, covering Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania and the impact of war on transition in Angola and Mozambique. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

Author : Hein Marais
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1856499677

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South Africa: Limits To Change by Hein Marais Pdf

Drawing on the rich structural and political understandings of radical South African intellectuals, this book explains why the South African government has been unable to breach the boundaries of change erected by the privileged classes. It reveals why it has adopted conservative economic policies, and why the country's popular movement has failed to press home more radical opinions. Hein Marais compellingly probes the hidden dynamics of South Africa's transition, arguing that the democratic breakthrough was much less open-ended than generally believed.

Author : Wing Thye Woo,Stephen Parker,Jeffrey Sachs
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262731207

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Economies in Transition by Wing Thye Woo,Stephen Parker,Jeffrey Sachs Pdf

In 1994, the Asia Foundation's Center for Asian Pacific Affairs began a two-year project to compare the transitions of selected East European and Asian economies from centrally-planned communist systems to market economies. The goal was to shed light on the transition process through an understanding of the underlying economic and institutional dynamics. This volume is the culmination of that project.The volume is divided into three parts. In the first part, an overview, the editors review the authors' findings and highlight major themes. The second part looks closely at the transition process in seven Asian and East European economies: China, Vietnam, Mongolia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The third part contains six comparative studies that explore key elements of the transition process. The papers incorporate feedback obtained from meetings with cabinet members and high government officials, conferences, and seminars in Prague, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Beijing, Ulan Bator, and Washington, D.C. Contributors Leszek Balcerowicz, Barbara Blaszczyk, Peter Boone, Yuan Zheng Cao, Bruce Comer, Marek Dabrowski, Georges de Menil, Daniel C. Esty, Gang Fan, Boris Federov, Roman Frydman, Carol Graham, Stephen Parker, Andrzej Rapaczynski, James Riedel, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Baavaa Tarvaa, Vinod Thomas, Gavin Tritt, Adiya Tsend, Enkhbold Tsendjav, Joel Turkewitz, Narantsetseg Unenburen, Yan Wang, Wing Thye Woo

Author : Charles Teller,Assefa Hailemariam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048189182

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The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa by Charles Teller,Assefa Hailemariam Pdf

"The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age structures in the face of drought, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, instability and the global economic crisis. However, while facile generalizations about the lack of demographic change and lack of progress in meeting the MDGs in sub-Saharan Africa are commonplace, they are often misleading and belie the socio-cultural change that is occurring among a vanguard of more educated youth. Even within Ethiopia, the second largest country at the Crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, different narratives emerge from analysis of longitudinal, micro-level analysis as to how demographic change and responses are occurring, some more rapidly than others. The book compares Ethiopia with other Africa countries, and demonstrates the uniqueness of an African-type demographic transition: a combination of poverty-related negative factors (unemployment, disease, food insecurity) along with positive education, health and higher age-of-marriage trends that are pushing this ruggedly rural and land-locked population to accelerate the demographic transition and stay on track to meet most of the MDGs. This book takes great care with the challenges of inadequate data and weak analytical capacity to research this incipient transition, trying to unravel some of the complexities in this vulnerable Horn of Africa country: A slowly declining population growth rates with rapidly declining child mortality, very high chronic under-nutrition, already low urban fertility but still very high rural fertility; and high population-resource pressure along with rapidly growing small urban places”

Author : Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy,Henry Wissink
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030461157

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Reflections on African Cities in Transition by Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy,Henry Wissink Pdf

This volume describes African cities in transition, and the economic, socio-political, and environmental challenges resulting from rapid post-colonial urbanization. As the African continent continues to transition from urban configurations inherited from colonial influences and history, it faces issues such as urban slum expansion, increased demands for energy and clean water, lack of adequate public transportation, high levels of inequality among different socio-economic population strata, and inadequate urban governance, planning, and policies. African cities in transition need to reconsider current policies and developmental trajectories to facilitate and sustain economic growth and Africa’s strategic repositioning in the world. Written by an international team of scholars and practitioners, this volume uses case studies to focus on key issues and developmental challenges in selected African cities. Topics include but are not limited to, smart cities, changing notions of democracy, the city’s role in attaining the SDGs, local governance, alternative models for governance and management, corruption, urbanisation and future cities.

Author : Giles Mohan,Tunde Zack-Williams
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015060394346

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The Politics of Transition in Africa by Giles Mohan,Tunde Zack-Williams Pdf

Part of a series of studies that examine political issues confronting African peoples, societies and states, this text explores: theories of the state, the transition to democracy and economic development. Published in association with ROAPE North America: Africa World Press

Author : Kathryn Hochstetler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108843843

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Political Economies of Energy Transition by Kathryn Hochstetler Pdf

Shows that economic concerns about jobs, costs, and consumption, rather than climate change, are likely to drive energy transition in developing countries.

Author : Nat J. Colletta,Markus Kostner,Ingo Wiederhofer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821335812

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The Transition from War to Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nat J. Colletta,Markus Kostner,Ingo Wiederhofer Pdf

Standard Bid Evaluation Form. Contains forms and guides prepared by the World Bank for its borrowers to assist in the evaluation of bids procured through both international competitive bidding and limited international bidding. Also available: French (ISBN 0-8213-3661-4) Stock No. 13661 Spanish (ISBN 0-8213-3662-2) Stock No. 13662