Alternative Development Strategies in SubSaharan Africa

by Frances Stewart (Editor), Sanjaya Lall (Editor), Samuel M. Wangwe (Editor)

Overview

The World Bank and the IMF dominate policy-making in Africa today. This book considers the consistency between their adjustment policies and long-run development needs, with an analysis of country experience. An alternative development strategy is proposed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349122578
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Edition description:	1st ed. 1992
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 General issues: alternative development strategies - an overview, Frances Stewart, et al; structural adjustment and long-term development in Sub-Saharan Africa, G.K. Helleiner; African agricultural development strategies, Carl K. Eicher; structural problems of African industry, Sanjaya Lall; rural industries and rural linkages in subSaharan Africa - a survey, M.S.D. Bagachwa and Frances Stewart; small scale industries in Africa - dynamic issues and the role of policy, Carl Liedholm. Part 2 Country case studies and the development of technological capability: manufacturing sector development in Zimbabwe and the Cote d'Ivoire, Robert Riddell; building indigenous technological capacity in African industry - an overview, Samuel Wangwe; Ivorian industry at the cross-roads, Lynn Mytelka; building indigenous technological capacity - a study of selected industries in Tanzania, Samuel Wangwe; building indigenous technological capacity in African industry - the Nigerian case, John F.E. Ohiorhenuan and I.D. Poloamina. Part 3 Organization of production: public enterprises and industrialization in Africa, John Knight; the past record and future potential of foreign investment, Laurence Cockcroft; the advance of African capital - the growth of Nigerian private enterprises, Tom Forrest; joint ventures and autonomous industrial development - the case of the Cote d'Ivoire, Giorgio Barba Navaretti; the prospects for intra-regional trade growth in Africa, Chandra Hardy.