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African Successes, Volume III: Modernization and Development Volume 3
Contributor(s): Edwards, Sebastian (Editor), Johnson, Simon (Editor), Weil, David N. (Editor)
ISBN: 022631572X     ISBN-13: 9780226315720
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $116.82  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic Conditions
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
Dewey: 330.96
LCCN: 2015050080
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 416 pages
 
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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.


Contributor Bio(s): Weil, David N.: - David N. Weil is the James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University.Edwards, Sebastian: - Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics in the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.Johnson, Simon: - Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.