This book reviews the performance of low-income African countries and highlights the challenges posed by measurement and methodological problems. It also discusses some of the more significant myths that have arisen, as well as the way that economic models can often be useful for understanding the situation of low-income African countries.
This book reviews the performance of low-income African countries and highlights the challenges posed by measurement and methodological problems. It also discusses some of the more significant myths that have arisen, as well as the way that economic models can often be useful for understanding the situation of low-income African countries.
Beryl Adongo Oranga, PhD, is a Senior Research Economist based in the USA, whose work focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa. Robert Buckley, PhD, was the Studley Fellow in International Affairs at the New School, USA, and Advisor and Principal Economist at the World Bank.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface.1. Introduction Section I: Perspectives in Search of Theory 2. Economic Growth in Low-Income Africa: Through the Prism of Improved and More Recent Data 3. Foreign Aid: Finance Versus Fiscal Assistance 4. Africa is not On Time Section II: Theory in Search of Evidence 5. Convergence: Not in Low-Income Africa 6. Obstacles to Convergence: Thought Experiments and Divergence Clubs 7. The Bottom Half of the Bottom Billion: Changes Over Time Section III: Conclusion 8. Myths and their Implications
Preface.1. Introduction Section I: Perspectives in Search of Theory 2. Economic Growth in Low-Income Africa: Through the Prism of Improved and More Recent Data 3. Foreign Aid: Finance Versus Fiscal Assistance 4. Africa is not On Time Section II: Theory in Search of Evidence 5. Convergence: Not in Low-Income Africa 6. Obstacles to Convergence: Thought Experiments and Divergence Clubs 7. The Bottom Half of the Bottom Billion: Changes Over Time Section III: Conclusion 8. Myths and their Implications
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