The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics

NOTE EDITORE

A popular myth about the travails of Africa holds that the continent's long history of poor economic performance reflects the inability of its leaders and policymakers to fulfill the long list of preconditions to be met before sustained growth can be achieved. These conditions are said to vary from the necessary quantity and quality of physical and human capital to the appropriate institutions and business environments. While intellectually charming and often elegantly formulated, that conventional wisdom is actually contradicted by historical evidence and common sense. It also suggests a form of intellectual mimicry that posits a unique path to prosperity for all countries regardless of their level of development and economic structure. In fact, the argument underlining that reasoning is tautological, and the policy prescriptions derived from it are fatally teleological: low-income countries are by definition those where such ingredients are missing. None of today's high-income countries started its growth process with the "required" and complete list of growth ingredients. Unless one truly believes that the continent of Africa-and most developing countries-are ruled predominantly if not exclusively by plutocrats with a high propensity for sadomasochism, the conventional view must be re-examined, debated, and questioned. This volume-the second of the ^lOxford Handbook of Africa and Economics-reassesses the economic policies and practices observed across the continent since independence. It offers a collection of analyses by some of the leading economists and development thinkers of our time, and reflects a wide range of perspectives and viewpoints. Africa's emergence as a potential economic powerhouse in the years and decades ahead amply justifies the scope and ambition of the book.

SOMMARIO

1 - African Growth Strategies: The Past, Present, and Future2 - Africa's Quiet Revolution3 - Monetary Policy Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa4 - The Future of African Monetary Geography5 - The CFA Franc Zone: A Biography6 - African Monetary Unions: An Obituary7 - Challenges of Central Banking in Africa8 - Fiscal Policy in Africa9 - African Debt and Debt Relief10 - Savings, Capital Flight, and African Development11 - Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Prospects12 - Natural Resources: Utilizing the Precious Boon13 - Rediscovering Structural Change: Manufacturing, Natural Resources and Industrialization14 - Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Development in Africa15 - Land Tenure and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa16 - Agriculture, Growth, and Development in Africa: Theory and Practice17 - Capacity Development for Transformation18 - Gold Mining and Economic and Social Change in West Africa19 - The Economic Impacts of New Technologies in Africa20 - Infrastructure in Africa21 - Financial Inclusion in Africa : Obstacles and Opportunities22 - Financial Markets Development in Africa: Reflections and the Way Forward23 - Islamic Finance in North Africa24 - Regulatory Reform for Closing Africa's Competitiveness Gap25 - School Enrollment, Attainment, and Returns to Education in Africa26 - Mobility, Human Capital, Remittances, and Economic Transformation27 - Health, Growth, and Development in Africa28 - The Economics of Malaria in Africa29 - An Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Marriage in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia30 - Economics, Women, and Gender: The African Story31 - Gender, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa32 - Gender Economics in North Africa33 - The Economics of the African Media34 - What Do Development NGOs Achieve?35 - Trade Unions in South Africa36 - African Development Banks: Lessons for Development Economics37 - The Political Economy of Aid in North Africa38 - Aid to Africa: The Changing Context39 - Remittances to Africa and Economics40 - Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Lessons for Economics41 - International Capital Flows to Africa42 - The Three Phases/Faces of China in Independent Africa: Reconceptualizing China-Africa Engagement43 - Aid to Africa: Emerging Trends and Issues44 - China-Africa Cooperation in Structural Transformation: Ideas, Opportunities, and Finances45 - China's Rise and Structural Transformation in Africa: Ideas and Opportunities46 - Economics and Policy: Some Lessons from Africa's Experience47 - The Prospects for an Imminent Demographic Dividend in Africa: The Case for Cautious Optimism48 - Africa's Demographic Transition and Economic Prospects

AUTORE

Célestin Monga is Vice-President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Group. He previously served as Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Senior Economic Adviser-Director at the World Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Peking University. Dr. Monga has published extensively on various dimensions of economic and political development. His books have been translated into several languages and are widely used as teaching tools in academic institutions around the world. His most recent works include Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries (Princeton University Press, 2017), with Justin Yifu Lin; and Nihilism and Negritude: Ways of Living in Africa (Harvard University Press, 2016). Dr. Monga holds graduate degrees from MIT, Harvard University, the Universities of Paris and Pau. 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.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198819714
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 244 x 50.0 x 171 mm Ø 1680 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: Figures and Tables
• Pagine Arabe: 990