Description
When it was published in 2002, the first edition of African Economic Development offered an authoritative statement about economic growth on the continent. Its multidisciplinary regional studies built an analytic framework that served as a cornerstone of the field for over a decade.
The second edition offers a new collection of authoritative articles for a new age. In a sweeping survey of African economies, leading scholars offer the latest research into the biggest current influences on African growth and development, taking account of relevant institutional contexts as well as significant or unique problems that have slowed Africa's progress. Despite recognizing the factors that have resulted in underdevelopment, however, the contributors paint a hopeful picture of the efforts being made to overcome barriers, and they suggest that a significant reduction of poverty is possible in the near future. Each chapter singles out a particular problem-be it related to demography, geography, politics, climate change, agriculture, or industrialization-and proposes pragmatic solutions that put Africans' needs and capabilities first. Balancing theory and empiricism, and eschewing vague ideological or political language, this book provides an important vantage point from which to herald Africa's elusive dawn.
For its rigorous scholarship, its unique breadth, and its actionable suggestions for the near future, the second edition of African Economic Development is a must-read for students, researchers, and practitioners of international development.
About the Author
EMMANUEL NNADOZIE is currently Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). He was formerly a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Professor of Economics at the Truman State University, and served as Chief Economist and Director of Macroeconomic Policy Division for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). AFEIKHENA JEROME is currently Special Advisor at African Union Commission (AUC), and Professor of Economics at Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria. He has also held several distinguished positions including Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Visiting Fellow, the World Bank, and Senior Associate Fellow, Saint Anthony's College, Oxford University.
Reviews
In a textbook on economic development in Africa, economists cover Africa's characteristics and development challenges; critical issues; sector analysis; and development challenges, policies, and strategies. The topics include the definition and measurement of growth and development, the growth-poverty-inequality nexus: toward a mutually inclusive relationship in Africa, the economics of religious conversion in sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural transformation and Africa's economic development, and sub-Saharan Africa's development experience and policy practice from 1960 to 2018. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787437845
Author Emmanuel Nnadozie
Format Hardback
Page Count 600
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 1020g
The second edition offers a new collection of authoritative articles for a new age. In a sweeping survey of African economies, leading scholars offer the latest research into the biggest current influences on African growth and development, taking account of relevant institutional contexts as well as significant or unique problems that have slowed Africa's progress. Despite recognizing the factors that have resulted in underdevelopment, however, the contributors paint a hopeful picture of the efforts being made to overcome barriers, and they suggest that a significant reduction of poverty is possible in the near future. Each chapter singles out a particular problem-be it related to demography, geography, politics, climate change, agriculture, or industrialization-and proposes pragmatic solutions that put Africans' needs and capabilities first. Balancing theory and empiricism, and eschewing vague ideological or political language, this book provides an important vantage point from which to herald Africa's elusive dawn.
For its rigorous scholarship, its unique breadth, and its actionable suggestions for the near future, the second edition of African Economic Development is a must-read for students, researchers, and practitioners of international development.
About the Author
EMMANUEL NNADOZIE is currently Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). He was formerly a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Professor of Economics at the Truman State University, and served as Chief Economist and Director of Macroeconomic Policy Division for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). AFEIKHENA JEROME is currently Special Advisor at African Union Commission (AUC), and Professor of Economics at Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria. He has also held several distinguished positions including Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Visiting Fellow, the World Bank, and Senior Associate Fellow, Saint Anthony's College, Oxford University.
Reviews
In a textbook on economic development in Africa, economists cover Africa's characteristics and development challenges; critical issues; sector analysis; and development challenges, policies, and strategies. The topics include the definition and measurement of growth and development, the growth-poverty-inequality nexus: toward a mutually inclusive relationship in Africa, the economics of religious conversion in sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural transformation and Africa's economic development, and sub-Saharan Africa's development experience and policy practice from 1960 to 2018. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787437845
Author Emmanuel Nnadozie
Format Hardback
Page Count 600
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 1020g
