Good growth and governance in africa: rethinking development strategies

This volume examines the history of developmental policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and considers how different policy options might generate sustained economic growth and reduce poverty. It documents and interprets policy lessons and considers how to translate them to particular country contexts. Why has the economic growth performance of Sub-Saharan Africa been disappointing on balance over the past 50 years? More importantly, what can be done to reverse that trendand to sustain and improve upon the accelerated growth experienced in recent years? What are the possibilities and policies for Africa to reduce poverty and achieve sustained, rapid economic growth? What are the lessons of success inboth Africa and elsewhere? Could some of the policies that proved so successfulin East Asia help reverse the deindustrialization of Africa in the past threedecades and be the basis of its structural transformation?These were the questions posed to a diverse group of experts on development convened by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD). This volume reflects the highlights of their deliberations. It broadens the policy debate, expands the policy options, and proposes alternative development strategies. This book captures the lively, and sometimes contentious, debate, and provides a note of optimism for the future. Though success is not assured, this volume argues that there is good reason to believethat policies based on lessons of successes, notably in East Asia, can be adapted successfully in African contexts. INDICE: Part I: Introduction and Overview Strategies for African Development Part II: Governance, Institutions and the State Governance and Growth: History, Ideology and Methods of Proof Institutional Monocroping and Monotasking in Africa Governance and Growth Challenges for Africa States and Markets: Neoliberal Limitations and the Case for a Developmental State The African EconomicGrowth Record, and the Roles of Policy Syndromes and Governance Part III: Technology, Industrial and Trade Policies Dynamic Capacity Development: What Africa Can Learn from Industrial Policy Formulation in East Asia How can Low-Income Countries Accelerate their Catch-up with High-Income Countries? The Case forOpen-Economy Industrial Policy Institutional Capacity and Policy Choices for Latecomer Technology Development State-Business Relations, Investment Climate Reform and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa, Industrial Policy andExport Processing Zones: Lessons from Asia South African Post-Apartheid Policies Towards Industrialization: Tentative Implications for Other African Countries Issues in Africa's Industrial Policy Process Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright? Industrial Policy Lessons from Ireland for Small African Economies Part IV: Employment and Human Capital Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons to be Learnt from the East Asian Experience Skills Development for Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Pragmatic Perspective Part V: International Context Economic Liberalization and Constraints to Development in Sub-Saharan Africa The Emerging Asian Giants and Economic Development in Africa

• ISBN: 978-0-19-969856-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 616
• Fecha Publicación: 22/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés