African Successes, Volume III : Modernization and Development Hardback
Edited by Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, David N. Weil
Part of the (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports series
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Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces.
From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards.
Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions.
The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level.
The third volume in the series, African Successes: Modernization and Development looks at the rise in private production in spite of difficult institutional and physical environments.
The volume emphasizes the ways that technologies, including mobile phones, have made growth in some areas especially dynamic.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:02/09/2016
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- ISBN:9780226315720
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:02/09/2016
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- ISBN:9780226315720