Our Continent, Our Future
Our Continent, Our Future

Author: P. Thandika Mkandawire

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 155250204X

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Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

The Industrial Labor Market And Economic Performance In Senegal
The Industrial Labor Market And Economic Performance In Senegal

Author: Katherine Terrell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-09

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1000302458

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This book examines Senegal's industrial labor market and relates its principal features, together with the structure of enterprise ownership and government policies, to the country's economic performance. It explores the relationship between industrial wages and the size of the extended family.

Voting for Reform
Voting for Reform

Author: Stephan Haggard

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 0195209877

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New Perspectives on Structural Change
New Perspectives on Structural Change

Author: Ludovico Alcorta

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-03-23

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 0192590375

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New Perspectives on Structural Change is a comprehensive edited volume that outlines both the historical roots and state-of-the-art debates on the role of structural change in the process of economic development, including both orthodox and heterodox perspectives and contributions from prominent scholars in this field. The volume consists of four main sections. The first section covers the theoretical foundations of the structural change literature. The second section presents an empirical overview of the major trends of structural change, using up-to-date data sources and methods. The third section presents a broad ranging empirical analysis of the drivers of structural change. The fourth section examines how processes such as inclusive growth, poverty reduction, productive employment, the global income distribution, and environmental sustainability are affected by structural change, and how they can be influenced by policy.

Efficiency and Equity in Social Spending
Efficiency and Equity in Social Spending

Author: Nancy Birdsall

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13:

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In most countries it is easy to identify reallocations of public spending for social programs that would improve efficiency and simultaneously improve the distribution of income and better serve the poor. The authors suggest why these reallocations are difficult but not impossible to bring about.

Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Africa
Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Africa

Author: James G. Copestake

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1040282903

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This presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Africa. Beginning with a broad review of institutional activity at the grassroots, the authors set the case material within the context of NGO relations with the State and their contribution to democratisation and the consolidation of rural civil society. Specific questions are raised: how good/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing constraints to change in present agriculture?; how effective are NGOs at strengthening grassroots organizations? and how do/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State? This title is part of a series on Non-Governmental Organizations co-ordinated by the Overseas Development Institute. To complete this comprehensive review and critique there are two other regional case study volumes on Asia and Latin America and an overview volume, Reluctant Partners?