African Economies in Transition - Volume 1: The Changing Role of the State

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.

List of contents

Notes on the Contributors PART 1: THE STATE IN MACROECONOMIC REFORMS The Changing Role of the State in Formerly-Socialist Economies of Africa; J.A.Paulson & M.Gavin Government in Africa's Emerging Market Economies; E.Barandiaran The Macroeconomics of the Transition from African Socialism ; D.Bevan & P.Collier Exchange Rate Management in Liberalising African Economies; P.Collier & J.W.Gunning The Impact of Liberalisation on Private Investment; P.Collier & J.W.Gunning PART 2: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATISATION Privatisation in Sub Saharan Africa; E.Berg Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Issues in Regulation and the Macroeconomics of Transitions; C.Adam Index

About the author

CHRISTOPHER ADAM Lecturer in Development Economics and Research Associate, Centre for Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
EDGARDO BARANDIARAN Principal Economist, African Region, World Bank
ELLIOT BERG Consultant in African Studies, Development Alternatives Inc.
DAVID BEVAN Fellow of St John's College and member of Centre for Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
JAN WILLEM GUNNING Professor Economics, Free University, Amsterdam

Product details

• Authors: Jo Ann Paulson, Joann Paulson
• Assisted by: Paulson (Editor), J Paulson (Editor), J. Paulson (Editor), Jo Ann Paulson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780312177515
• ISBN: 978-0-312-17751-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Weight: 601 g
• Illustrations: IX, 342 p.
• Series: Studies on the African Economies Series; Problems in Focus; Studies on the African Economies; Studies on the African Economi; Studies on the African Economies Series; Problems in Focus; Studies on the African Economi; Studies on the African Economies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics