Growth and institutions in African development / edited by Augustin K. Fosu, a study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics - UNU-WIDER
2015
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العنوانGrowth and institutions in African development / edited by Augustin K. Fosu, a study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics - UNU-WIDER
ملخص
"Recent years have seen a sustained research effort exploring the African development experience. The extant literature has offered a large set of explanations as to why the African development record has lagged behind that of other regions of the developing world. These explanations include: conflicts, inadequate levels and poor use of foreign aid, bad policy environments, poorly performing institutions, limited export supply response capacities, low levels of human capital, and geographical impediments. This new volume brings..."--WorldCat.
Growth and Institutions in African Development 2. Determinants of Industrial Embeddedness: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in an African Economy 3. Does Lack of Innovation and Absorptive Capacity Retard Economic Growth in Africa? 4. Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade: Is Africa Different? 5. Interrelationships among Health, Environmental Quality, and Economic Activity: What Consequences for Economic Convergence? 6. Emerging Evidence on the Relative Importance of Sectoral Sources of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 7. Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive Framework 8. Hunting for Leopards: Long-Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa 9. Growth and Distributional Aspects of Poverty Reduction in South Africa 10. Outfits: Narrowly Tailored Laws that Harm Instead of Help. A Case Study of Liberia's Telecommunication Laws 11. Does Foreign Aid Support Democracy Development? Aid, Democracy, and Instability from Trade 12. Who's the Alien? Xenophobia in post-Apartheid South Africa 13. How Does Colonial Origin Matter for Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa? 14. Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, and Economic Growth in Africa 15. Women's Labour Supply and Household Insurance in Africa
Growth and Institutions in African Development 2. Determinants of Industrial Embeddedness: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in an African Economy 3. Does Lack of Innovation and Absorptive Capacity Retard Economic Growth in Africa? 4. Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade: Is Africa Different? 5. Interrelationships among Health, Environmental Quality, and Economic Activity: What Consequences for Economic Convergence? 6. Emerging Evidence on the Relative Importance of Sectoral Sources of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 7. Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive Framework 8. Hunting for Leopards: Long-Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa 9. Growth and Distributional Aspects of Poverty Reduction in South Africa 10. Outfits: Narrowly Tailored Laws that Harm Instead of Help. A Case Study of Liberia's Telecommunication Laws 11. Does Foreign Aid Support Democracy Development? Aid, Democracy, and Instability from Trade 12. Who's the Alien? Xenophobia in post-Apartheid South Africa 13. How Does Colonial Origin Matter for Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa? 14. Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, and Economic Growth in Africa 15. Women's Labour Supply and Household Insurance in Africa
رقم الطلب
UNU/WIDER(02)/A1782
تاريخLondon ; New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015
الوصف
xix, 376 p.
ملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics - UNU-WIDER".
"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics - UNU-WIDER".
رقم دولي معياري للكتاب (ردمك)
9781138816770 (hbk)
9781315745930 (ebk)
9781315745930 (ebk)