The Crisis and challenge of African development
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The Crisis and challenge of African development
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 112)
Greenwood Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. 241-245
Includes index
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Description
The collective message of this compendium is caution: don't put excessive pressure on African institutions. Sayre Schatz, Ravi Gulhati and Satya Yalamanchili, and Raymond Hopkins, in particular, argue that laissez-faire won't work in Africa; that reforms must be carefully sequenced; and that evidence on the relationship between food subsidies and declining agricultural productivity is scanty. Foreign Affairs
This collection of essays was assembled to address the problems of Africa from a variety of perspectives. The contributors have attempted to ask some basic but up-to-now unaddressed questions and to reframe many of the issues. The overall approach is intentionally interdisciplinary. Although recognizing that Africa's economic decline has resulted from poorly designed policy, the contributors also attempt to place that policy in its historical and cultural context. Similarly, they establish a comparative perspective for Africa's economic performance, and point to outside forces that have been overlooked. Finally, the contributors investigate some key issues in agricultural policy, such as decentralization, the role of women, and food subsidies.
Table of Contents
Preface Part One European Colonialism and Postcolonial Crises in Africa by David B. Abernethy The Present and Future of the African State in an Age of Adversity by Harvey Glickman The Crisis of African Development and the Lagos Plan of Action by Vremudia P. Diejomaoha African Capitalism and African Economic Performance by Sayre P. Schatz Contemporary Policy Responses to Economic Decline in Africa by Ravi Gulhati and Satya Yalamanchili Images and Realities of Responsibility toward Africa by Princeton Lyman Part Two Overburdened Government and Underfed Populace: The Role of Food Subsidies in Africa's Economic Crisis by Raymond F. Hopkins Institutionalizing Rural Development: Lessons from Evaluation by Ruth S. Morgenthau Getting Women on the African Development Agenda by Barbara Lewis Development and Deviance: A Situational Perspective on African Governmental Corruption by Robert Washington Accepting the Challenge of the Crisis of Development in Africa: Conclusions and Implications by Harvey Glickman
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