The Challenge of African Economic Reform
Author: George Pratt Shultz
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 8
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Author: George Pratt Shultz
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 8
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carol Lancaster
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780881320961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study proposes a new initiative involving the cancellation of concessional rescheduling of public bilateral debt of reforming African countries through a new international mechanism that would replace existing ones such as the Paris Club and the World Bank Consultative Groups. Each of a series of Adjustment Review Consortia would bring together representatives of donor and creditor governments international aid and development agencies, and an African government to coordinate debt relief, aid, and reform initiatives. Properly implements, ARCs would contribute to building a system in which economic need and performance, not political favoritism, play the principal roles in how debt and external financing in general are managed.
Author: Alan Hirsch
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1552502155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers an insight into the circumstances under which the policies were developed, implemented and reviewed, as well as a study of the outcomes. This book addresses questions such as: How could an organisation with no previous experience of governing accomplish a peaceful transition to democracy? How did they do it and where are they going?
Author: Ms.Laura Wallace
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1997-05-13
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781557756343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Africa looks for ways to deepen and accelerate the economic reform process, what lessons can East Asia offer? this book edited by Laura Wallace, records the proceedings of a seminar that involved a dynamic exchange of experiences by policy makers and senior government officials from Africa and East Asia and senior staff of international organizations. The seminar addressed themes such as the sequencing and pacing of structural reforms, the need for a broad political and social acceptance of change and reform, and the need for transparency and accoutability in economic management.
Author: Olusegun Obasanjo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780844816807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings of an international conference hosted in Washington, D.C. by the Brookings Institution and convened by the Africa Leadership Forum on Sept. 28-29, 1989.Includes index.
Author: David E. Sahn
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 510
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHas economic reform hurt the poor in Africa? There is little disagreement that most African countries faced an economic crisis in the 1980s, characterized by worsening budget and balance-of-payment deficits, stagnant growth, and slow improvement in general indicators. Far less consensus exists, however, on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the macroeconomic and sectoral reforms these countries undertook in response to these conditions. More contentious still is the subject of this book: whether the poor are hurt, in absolute and relative terms, by the economic policies designed to restore macroeconomic stability, reinvigorate markets, and rationalize resource allocation in Africa. Critics claim that, while orthodox adjustment policies may make sense at the macro level, they have high social costs. Proponents deny that living standards have declined as a result of adjustment policies, arguing that any declines are due to other factors. The contributors to this volume employ empirical methods to separate the effects of the economic crises that induced countries to begin to adjust from the impact of the economic reforms themselves. This approach is more sophisticated than the standard comparison of economic performance and household welfare before and after reform, which attributes all changes to the reform process. With these models, the authors examine the impact of specific policy reforms - under the broad headings of trade and exchange rate, fiscal, and food and agricultural sector policy - in specific countries. The countries covered are Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Tanzania, and Zaire.
Author: Shinichi Takeuchi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-10-10
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9811647259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on their meaning has so far been conducted. In the age of land reform, Africa has seen drastic rural changes. Analysing the relationship between those reforms and change, the chapters in this book reveal not only their socio-economic outcomes, such as accelerated marketisation of land, but also their political outcomes, which have often been contrasting. Countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique have utilised land reform to strengthen state control over land, but other countries, such as Ghana and Zambia, have seen the rise in power of traditional chiefs in managing the land. The comparative perspective of this book clarifies new features of African social changes, which are carefully investigated by area experts. Providing new perspectives on recent land reform, this book will have a considerable impact on scholars as well as policymakers.
Author: Jo Ann Paulson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1349274836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s, with the focus on economic liberalization in those socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. A companion theoretical volume (0-333-66545-7) examines the changing role of the state during the period of transition. This volume examines the important debate on agricultural reforms in the period, and provides in-depth country studies of the transition economies, covering Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania and the impact of war on transition in Angola and Mozambique. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
Author: Mr.Michel Dessart
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2001-10-02
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781589060722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, edited by Michel A. Dessart and Roland E. Ubogu, records the presentations made and discussions held during the Inaugural Seminar of the Joint Africa Institute (JAI). The JAI was established in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, by the African Development Bank, the IMF, and the World Bank to meet the pressing training needs of the African continent. The participants discussed four main topics: the changing role of the state, governance, and new capacity requirements; the challenge of achieving macroeconomic stability in Africa; the requirement for capacity building in Africa; and the role of international financial institutions in capacity building in Africa. The seminar was held in November 1999, but the topics and recommendations of the seminar remain current and of particular importance today. The seminar was held in English and French, and both language versions are contained in this volume. 240 pp. 2001
Author: B. Ndula
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2001-02-26
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780333794562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe economic reforms taking place in Subsaharan African countries now, assisted by multilateral and bilateral donors, should not only be sustained, but should also be critically appraised. From this exercise of appraisal, appropriate reform and development strategies are already emerging. The objective of this volume is to contribute to this strategy of reform and vision of development in SSA so that the current economic decline can be arrested, sustainable economic growth restored and a lasting impact on poverty achieved.