Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics - Volume 1: Context and Concepts

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.

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• Authors: Celestin (Chief Economist and Vice Presiden Monga, Celestin Lin Monga
• Assisted by: Justin Yifu Lin (Editor), Lin Justin Yifu (Editor), Celestin Monga (Editor), Célestin Monga (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2015
• EAN: 9780199687114
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968711-4
• No. of pages: 864
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks in Economics; Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks in Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, Africa, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, macroeconomics, Economic history, Political Economy, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies