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9780333790298

Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

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    9780333790298

  • ISBN10:

    0333790294

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2001-08-11
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

This invaluable collection compares the relatively unsuccessful economic development of Subsaharan Africa with that of the successful Asian economies, especially the Asian "tigers". It covers three main areas of comparison: the lessons for Africa from the Asian experience; secondly, the comparisons of various aspects of economic development in Africa and Asia; and finally, convergence: how far the laggard economies are catching up with, or diverging away from, each other.

Author Biography

Peter Lawrence is Professor of Political Theory, University of Leicester.

Colin Thirtle is Professor of Agricultural Development Economics, University of Reading.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Notes on the Contributors viii
Comparing African and Asian Economic Development
1(8)
Peter Lawrence
Colin Thirtle
Part I Lessons for Africa of the Asian `Success' 9(92)
Why is South-East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?
11(23)
Anne Booth
Lessons for Africa from East Asian Economic Policy
34(15)
Oliver Morrissey
Should Africa Try to Learn from Asia? Lessons for and from Uganda
49(16)
Peter Smith
Aid, Adjustment and Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour: Lessons from a Relatively Poor Performing East Asian Economy
65(13)
Mark McGillivray
Population Ageing and Care of the Elderly: What Are the Lessons of Asia for sub-Saharan Africa?
78(23)
Mahmood Messkoub
Part II African and Asian Development Comparisons 101(140)
Regionalism: sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia Compared
103(25)
Colin Kirkpatrick
Gareth Api Richards
Matsuo Watanabe
Explaining Differences in the Economic Performance of Micro-States in Africa and Asia
128(30)
Harvey W. Armstrong
Robert Read
Child Activities in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis
158(27)
Sonia Bhalotra
Christopher Heady
The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture
185(17)
Raul Hopkins
Bilge Nomer
The Demand for Money in Selected SADC Countries: Structure, Policy and a Comparison with the ASEAN Countries
202(19)
Raghbendra Jha
Mridul Saggar
Credit to the Government: Central Bank Operation and its Relation to Growth
221(20)
Shaikh S. Ahmed
Part III Convergence or Divergence? 241(33)
Convergence or Divergence in and between Developing Regions?
243(15)
Harald V. Proff
Productivity Growth and Convergence in Asian and African Agriculture
258(16)
Kecuk Suhariyanto
Angela Lusigi
Colin Thirtle
Bibliography 274(23)
Index 297

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