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

by Monga, Celestin; Lin, Justin Yifu

• ISBN13: 9780199687114
• ISBN10: 0199687110
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-08-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Celestin Monga, Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),Justin Yifu Lin, Councillor of the State Council; Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development at Peking University

Celestin Monga is Managing Director at the United a Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He previously worked as senior advisor and program director at the World Bank and has held various board and senior positions in academia and financial services. A graduate of MIT, Harvard, and the universities of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Bordeaux and Pau, 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. Economics as an African Science: An Epistemological Analysis, Fabien Eboussi Boulaga
2. Households and Income in Africa, Kathleen Beegle, Gero Carletto, Alberto Zezza, and Benjamin Davis
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 Guyer
7. Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing Middle, Alan Gelb, Christian 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 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 the African Context, 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, Julius Agbor and Olumide Taiwo
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, Ha-Joon Chang and Christopher Cramer
26. The Economic Legacies of the African Slave Trades, Warren Whatley
27. The Economics of Colonialism in Africa, Gareth Austin
28. The Public Private Interface, Olu Ajakaije and Afeikhena Jerome
29. Natural Resources: Precious Boon or Precious Ban?, Ibrahim Elbadawi and Nadir Mohammed
30. Volatility and Vulnerability, Xubei Luo
31. Africa's Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities, Danny Leipziger, Maria Emila Freire, and Somik Lall
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
35. African Monetary Unions: An Obituary, Celestin Monga
Part IV: The Economics of Political Transformation
36. The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012, Takaaki Masaki and Nicolas Van de Walle
37. The Economics of Authoritarianism in North Africa, Tarik Yousef, Raj M. Desai, and Anders Olofsgard
38. The Potential Economic Dividends of North African Revolutions, Mustapha Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda
39. The Economics of Violent Conflict and War in Africa, Anke Hoeffler
40. The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa, Juliet Elu and Gregory Price
41. The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening, Mustapha Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda
42. Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development, Roger Myerson
43. The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa, Nadareh Chamlou