Beyond Structural Adjustment The Institutional Context of African Development

Walle, Nicolas van de; Ball, Nicole and Ramachandran, Vijaya (editors)

ISBN 10: 1403963177 / ISBN 13: 9781403963178

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2004

About this Item

Covers have minor wear, curling and soil. Corners and ends of spine lightly bumped and chipped. Binding tight. Pencil writing. vii + 310 pages including index. Examines how reforms in Africa have lead to the problem of institutional weaknesses, the reasons for state collapse and the failures of donor assistance as well as the innovations resulting from crisis. Size: 5.5 x 8.25.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Structural Adjustment The Institutional Context of African Development
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403963177
• ISBN 13: 9781403963178
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History/Sociology

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Synopsis

As the World Bank famously put it back in 1989, 'underlying the litany of Africa's development problems is a crisis of governance.' This is a collection of authoritative essays bringing together prominent Africanists in political science and public administration to look at the role of governance in African development. The goal of the book is to move beyond the status quo debates about 'structural adjustment' and to look at all the public and civic institutions which are likely to play a critical role if Africa is to overcome its economic crisis.

About the Author

NICOLAS VAN DE WALLE is a Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University, USA and a Fellow at the Centre for Global Development. He has published widely on African political economy and issues relating to democratization. He is the author of African Economics and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (2001), as well as the co-author of three books Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspectives (1997), Improving Aid to Africa (1996), Of Time and Power: Leadership Duration in the Modern World (1991).

NICOLE BALL is a Professor at the University of Maryland, USA.

VIJAYA RAMACHANDRAN is a professor at Georgetown University, USA.