The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000: Volume 2, Country Case Studies

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The period from 1960 to 2000 was one of remarkable growth and transformation in the world economy. Why did most of Sub-Saharan Africa fail to develop over this period? Why did a few small African economies succeed spectacularly? The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000 is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive assessment of Africa's post-independence economic performance to date. Volume 2 supports and extends the analysis of African economic growth presented in the first volume by providing twenty-six case studies of individual African economies. The book is broken into three parts based on the three main types of economy found in Sub-Saharan Africa: landlocked, coastal and resource-rich. Eighteen of the case studies are contained in the book and a further eight are included on an accompanying CD-Rom. This is an invaluable resource for researchers and policy-makers concerned with the economic development of Africa.

Benno J. Ndulu works in the Africa region of the World Bank where he serves as Advisor to the Vice-President. Stephen A. O'Connell is Eugene M. Lang Research Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College. Jean-Paul Azam is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse and at the Institut Universitaire de France. Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. Augustin Fosu is Deputy Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the United Nations University. Jan Willem Gunning is Professor of Development Economics at the Free University, Amsterdam and Director of the Amsterdam Institute for International Development.

'This book is chock-full of fascinating data, interesting hypotheses, and country details; it is a rich review of Africa's troubled postcolonial economic history that will be a reference and an inspiration for political economists for years to come.' Foreign Affairs