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Informationen zum Autor Célestin Monga is Managing Director at the United a Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He previously worked as senior advisor and program director at the World Bank and has held various board and senior positions in academia and financial services. A graduate of MIT, Harvard, and the universities of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Bordeaux and Pau, Dr Monga was the Economics editor for the 5-volume New Encyclopedia of Africa (Charles Scribner's, 2007). His published works have been translated into multiple languages.Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and professor and honorary dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World. Zusammenfassung Identifies the central themes, issues, questions, and methods of analysis of economics, and discusses how they have been approached in the African context over time. Reviews and document how the study of African societies has contributed to and shaped major fields of the discipline of economics.
List of contents
- Introduction: Africa's Evolving Policy Frameworks
- Part I: The Macroeconomics of Growth and Structural Transformation
- 1: Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Eric Kehinde Ogunleye: African Growth Strategies: The Past, Present and Future
- 2: Margaret McMillan and Kenneth Harttgen: Africa's Quiet Revolution
- 3: Andrew Berg, Stephen O'Connell, Catherine Pattillo, Rafael Portillo, and D. Filiz Unsal: Monetary Policy Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 4: Paul Masson, Xavier Debrun, and Catherine Pattillo: The Future of African Monetary Geography
- 5: Jean-Claude Tchatchouang: The CFA Franc: A Biography
- 6: Benno Ndulu and Joseph Leina Masawe: Challenges of Central Banking in Africa
- 7: Willi Leibfritz: Fiscal Policy in Africa
- 8: Marcelo Giugale and Mark Roland Thomas: African Debt and Debt Relief
- 9: Léonce Ndikumana: Savings, Capital Flight, and African Development
- 10: Jaime de Melo and Yvonne Tsikata: Regional Integration in Africa
- 11: Ibrahim Elbadawi and Nadir Mohammed: Natural Resources: Utilizing the Precious Boon
- 12: John Page: Rediscovering Structural Change: Manufacturing, Natural Resources and Industrialization
- 13: Keun Lee and Calestous Juma: Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Development in Africa
- Part II: Microeconomic and Sectoral Issues
- 14: Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place: Land Tenure and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 15: Ousmane Badiane and Tsitsi Makombe: Agriculture, Growth, and Development in Africa: Theory and Practice
- 16: Frannie A. Léautier: Capacity Development for Transformation
- 17: Michael Kevane: Gold Mining and Economic and Social Change in West Africa
- 18: Jenny Aker and Joshua Blumenstock: The Economic Impacts of New Technologies in Africa
- 19: Jean-Jacques Dethier: Infrastructure in Africa
- 20: Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Leora Klapper, and Peter Van Oudheusden: Financial Inclusion in Africa : Obstacles and Opportunities
- 21: Kalu Ojah and Odongo Kodongo: Financial Markets Development in Africa
- 22: Wafik Grais: Islamic Finance in North Africa
- 23: Ioannis Kessides: Regulatory Reform for Closing Africa's Competitiveness Gap
- Part III: Institutional and Social Economics
- 24: Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere: School Enrolment, Attainment, and Returns to Education in Africa
- 25: Yaw Nyarko: Mobility, Human Capital, Remittances, and Economic Transformation
- 26: Germano Mwabu: Health, Growth, and Development in Africa
- 27: Jean-Claude Berthelemy and Josselin Thuilliez: The Economics of Malaria
- 28: Ragui Assaad, and Caroline Krafft: An Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Marriage in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
- 29: Sophie Bessis: Economics, Women, and Gender: The African Story
- 30: Stephanie Seguino and Maureen Were: Gender, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 31: Mina Baliamoune: Gender Economics in North Africa
- 32: Julia Cage: The Economics of the African Media
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