This text explores the vital role that industrial policies can play in bringing about a transformation of African economies. Such policies pertain not just to industry. They traverse all economic sectors, including finance, information technology and agriculture. More accurately…
The revival of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is all the more welcome for having followed one of the worst economic disasters-a quarter century of economic malaise for most of the region-since the industrial revolution. Six of the world's fastest-growing economies in the …
by Stiglitz, Joseph E., Kanbur, S. M. Ravi, Noman, Akbar
by Stiglitz, Joseph E., Kanbur, S. M. Ravi, Noman, Akbar
"In recent years, concerns about the outcomes and nature of economic growth have given way to a new emphasis on its quality. This volume brings together prominent international contributors to consider a range of interrelated questions concerning the quality of growth in Africa,…
