African Political Economy: Contemporary Issues in DevelopmentM.E. Sharpe, 1997 - 230 من الصفحات From an interdisciplinary political economy perspective, delineates the main components of Africa's rapid decline in the 1970s and 1980s, and identifies the challenges of policy reform and change in the near future. Among the factors found contributing to the continent's poverty are a weakening balance of payments, declining agricultural productivity and foreign investment, deterioration of the physical infrastructure and environment, escalating unemployment and crime, famine and malnutrition, and socioeconomic inequality. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... adjustment policies which are the province of the World Bank . Stabilization policies aim at re- turning an economy to an equilibrium path that was followed prior to a shock . They tend to be short - term in perspective and they rely ...
... adjustment policies which are the province of the World Bank . Stabilization policies aim at re- turning an economy to an equilibrium path that was followed prior to a shock . They tend to be short - term in perspective and they rely ...
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... adjustment programmes that make economic growth sustainable and to mitigate the adverse effects that essential adjustment measures may have on the poor in the short - run " ( Bernstein and Boughton 1993 ) . However , in the past , it ...
... adjustment programmes that make economic growth sustainable and to mitigate the adverse effects that essential adjustment measures may have on the poor in the short - run " ( Bernstein and Boughton 1993 ) . However , in the past , it ...
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... Adjustment ( SDA ) programme to mitigate the social costs of adjustment . Conclusions This chapter has provided a comparative analytical review of the ob- jectives and impact of structural adjustment programmes as the policy response to ...
... Adjustment ( SDA ) programme to mitigate the social costs of adjustment . Conclusions This chapter has provided a comparative analytical review of the ob- jectives and impact of structural adjustment programmes as the policy response to ...
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An Analytical Perspective | 3 |
Growth Unemployment and Poverty in Botswana | 16 |
Urbanization and Urban Management in Africa | 30 |
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50 percent activities administrative African countries African governments agricultural average basic Botswana 1991a bureaucratic corruption capacity capital civil service Consequently contribute corruption in Africa costs Côte d'Ivoire crisis in Africa debt decentralization decline devel developing countries development management development policy donor economic crisis effective employment example expenditure exports factors formal economy framework Gaborone Ghana government of Botswana growth rates households impact implementation improve income increase inflation institutions investment Kenya labor large numbers Lesotho levels major Malawi ment migration million Moreover Mozambique Nigeria nomic participation period policy reform political poor poverty problems productivity programs promotion public officials public sector public service rapid urbanization ratio reduce region Republic of Botswana result revenues role ROSCAS rural areas SADC SAPs social socioeconomic South Africa sub-Saharan Africa subterranean economy subterranean sector Tanzania tion UNDP urban areas urbanization in Africa World Bank 1993a Zambia Zimbabwe