The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000

List of figures List of tables List of contributors List of contributors to the CD-ROM Foreword List of acronyms 1. Overview Stephen A. O'Connell Part I. Landlocked Economies: 2. Why has Burundi grown so slowly? The political economy of redistribution Janvier D. Nkurunziza and Floribert Ngaruko 3. Cotton, war and growth in Chad (1960-2000) Jean-Paul Azam and Nadjiounoum Djimtoingar 4. The political economy of growth in Ethiopia Alemayehu Geda 5. Man-made opportunities and growth in Malawi Chinyamata Chipeta and Mjedo Mkandawire 6. Climate vulnerability, political instability, investment and growth in a landlocked, Sahelian economy: Niger, 1960-2000 Ousmane Samba Mamadou and Mahaman Sani Yakoubou 7. Explaining Sudan's economic growth performance Ali Abdel Gadir Ali and Ibrahim A. Elbadawi 8. Restarting and sustaining growth in a post-conflict economy: the case of Uganda Louis A. Kasekende and Michael Atingi-Ego Part II. Coastal Economies: 9. Economic growth in Ghana: 1960-2000 Ernest Aryeetey and Augustin K. Fosu 10. Explaining African economic growth performance: the case of Kenya Francis M. Mwega and Njuguna S. Ndung'u 11. A shared growth story of economic success: the case of Mauritius Shyam Nath and Yeti Nisha Madhoo 12. State control and poor economic growth performance in Senegal Mansour Ndiaye 13. Tanzania: explaining four decades of episodic growth Nkunde Mwase and Benno Ndulu 14. Togo: lost opportunities for growth Tchaboure Aime Gogue and Kodjo Evlo Part III. Resource-rich Economies: 15. The indigenous developmental state and growth in Botswana Gervase S. Maipose and Thalepo C. Matsheka 16. The political economy of Cameroon's post-independence growth experience Georges Kobou, Dominique Njinkeu and Bruno Powo Fosso 17. Explaining economic growth in Africa: the case of Guinea Sekou F. Doumbouya and Fode Camara 18. Explaining African economic growth performance: the case of Nigeria Milton A. Iyoha and Dickson E. Oriakhi 19. Sierra Leone's economic growth performance, 1961-2000 Victor A. B. Davies Index. On the CD-ROM: Appendix to Part I - Landlocked Economies: 20. Analyzing growth in Burkina Faso over the last four decades Kimseyinga Savadogo, Siaka Coulibaly and Coleen A. McCracken 21. Mali: du 'tout Etat' ... la croissance invisible Massa Coulibaly and Amadou Diarra Appendix to Part II - Coastal Economies: 22. Economic growth in Benin: lost opportunities Antonin S. Dossou, Jean-Yves Sinzogan and Sylviane Mensah 23. Explication de la croissance en Cote d'Ivoire Kouadio Benie Marcel 24. Mozambique's growth performance, 1960-96 Clara de Sousa and Jose Sulemane Appendix to Part III - Resource-rich Economies: 25. Croissance off-shore au Congo et economie rentiere Celestin Tsassa and Benjamin Yamb 26. A case study of Namibia Tekaligne Godana and John E. Odada 27. Zambia Inyambo Mwanawina and James Mulungushi.

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