African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions (Volume 1) (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 022631622X ISBN 13: 9780226316222

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2016

Synopsis

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level.
           
The first volume in the series, African Successes: Governments and Institutions considers the role governments and institutions have played in recent developments and identifies the factors that enable economists to predict the way institutions will function.

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About the Author:

Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics in the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. David N. Weil is the James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University. All three editors are research associates of the NBER.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 022631622X
• ISBN 13: 9780226316222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.