Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World

Fosu, Augustin K.

ISBN 10: 0199671559 / ISBN 13: 9780199671557

Published by Oxford Univ Pr, 2013

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512 pages. 9.29x6.22x1.42 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199671559
• ISBN 13: 9780199671557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.02 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book presents a global sample of country cases of successful development strategies, and seeks to delineate the root causes of success: initial conditions, local and international factors, relative contributions by domestic and external agents, as well as the prognosis of challenges for the future.

About the Author

Augustin K. Fosu is also Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana-Legon and honorary Research Associate at Oxford University (CSAE) and the University of Manchester (BWPI). Previous positions include: Director (Economic and Social Policy Division) and Senior Policy Advisor /Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of many other journals, including: African Development Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.