The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics Volume 1: Context and Concepts

by Monga, Celestin; Lin, Justin Yifu

• ISBN13: 9780198819707
• ISBN10: 0198819706
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-04-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Celestin Monga is Chief Economist and Vice President of Economic Governance and Knowledge Management at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He previously worked as Senior Advisor for Structural Transformation at the World Bank and has held various board and senior positions in academia and financial services, including as a pro bono member of the advisory boards at the MIT's Sloan School of Management, the Quantam Global Group, and the Official Monetary and Fianancial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). Dr Monga was the Economics editor for the 5-volume New Encyclopedia of Africa (Charles Scribner's, 2007). His published works have been translated into multiple languages.

Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Africa, the Next Intellectual Frontier, Celestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin
Part I: Concepts
1. Prolegomena to Economics as an African Science: A Philosophical Meditation, Fabien Eboussi Boulaga
2. Households and Income in Africa, Kathleen Beegle, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza
3. Transformation of African Farm-cum-Family Structures, Catherine Guirkinger and Jean-Philippe Platteau
4. The Economics of Marriage in North Africa: A Unifying Theoretical Framework, Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
5. The Theory of the Firm in the African Context, Christopher Malikane
6. Markets and Urban Provisioning, Jane I. Guyer
7. Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing Middle, Alan Gelb, Christian J. Meyer, and Vijaya Ramachandran
8. Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa, Stephen Golub and Faraz Hayat
9. Inclusive Growth in Africa, Mthuli Ncube
10. Poverty: Shifting Fortunes and New Perspectives, Abebe Shimeles
11. Dimensions of African Inequality, Arne Bigsten
12. Inclusive Growth and Developmental Governance: The Next African Frontiers, Richard Joseph
13. Economics and the Study of Corruption in Africa, Melissa A. Thomas
14. Thoughts on Development: The African Experience, Francois Bourguignon
15. The Idea of Economic Development: Views from Africa, Hippolyte Fofack
Part II: Methodological Issues
16. Principles of Economics: African Challenges, Celestin Monga
17. Economics and Culture in Africa, Felwine Sarr
18. The Economics of Non-Cognitive Skills, Laura Camfield
19. Modeling African Economies: A DSGE Approach, Andrew Berg, Shu-Chun S. Yang, and Luis-Felipe Zanna
20. Measuring Economic Progress in the African Context, Morten Jerven
21. Measuring Structural Economic Vulnerability in Africa, Patrick Guillaumont
22. Measuring Democracy: An Economic Approach, Celestin Monga
23. Measurement and Analysis of Competitiveness, Olumide Taiwo and Julius A. Agbor
Part III: Historical Trajectories and Economic Landscape
24. Africa's New Economic Opportunities, Paul Collier
25. Tigers or Tiger Prawns? The African Growth 'Tragedy' and 'Renaissance' in Perspective, Christopher Cramer and Ha-Joon Chang
26. The Economic Legacies of the African Slave Trades, Warren C. Whatley
27. The Economics of Colonialism in Africa, Gareth Austin
28. Public-Private Interface for Inclusive Development in Africa, Olu Ajakaije and Afeikhena Jerome
29. Natural Resources in Africa: Precious Boon or Precious Bane?, Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi and Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed
30. Volatility and Vulnerability, Xubei Luo
31. Africa's Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities, Maria E. (Mila) Freire, Somik Lall, and Danny Leipziger
32. Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Africa, Tomonori Sudo
33. Informality, Growth and Development in Africa, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin
34. Capitalism and African Business Cultures, Scott D. Taylor
Part IV: The Economics of Political Transformation
35. The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012, Takaaki Masaki and Nicolas van de Walle
36. The Economics of Authoritarianism in North Africa, Raj M. Desai, Anders Olofsgard, and Tarik M. Yousef
37. The Potential Economic Dividends of North African Revolutions, Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda
38. The Economics of Violent Conflict and War in Africa, Anke Hoeffler
39. The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa, Juliet Elu and Gregory Price
40. The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening, Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda
41. Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development, Roger B. Myerson
42. The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa, Nadareh Chamlou