The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000: Volume 1

The first volume of a comprehensive analysis of the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–2000.

Benno J. Ndulu (Author), Stephen A. O'Connell (Author), Robert H. Bates (Author), Paul Collier (Author), Chukwuma C. Soludo (Author)

9780521127752, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 April 2009

474 pages, 64 tables
24.4 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.94 kg

'This book is chock-full of fascinating data, interesting hypotheses, and country details; it is a rich review of Africa's troubled postcolonial economic history that will be a reference and an inspiration for political economists for years to come.' Foreign Affairs

The period from 1960 to 2000 was one of remarkable growth and transformation in the world economy. Why did most of Sub-Saharan Africa fail to develop over this period? Why did a few small African economies succeed spectacularly? The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000 is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive assessment of Africa's post-independence economic performance to date. Volume 1 examines the impact of resource wealth and geographical remoteness on Africa's growth and develops a new dataset of governance regimes covering all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Separate chapters analyze the dominant patterns of governance observed over the period and their impact on growth, the ideological formation of the political elite, the roots of political violence and reform, and the lessons of the 1960–2000 period for contemporary growth strategy.

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
1. Policy plus: African growth performance 1960–2000 Benno J. Ndulu and Stephen A. O'Connell
2. Opportunities and choices Paul Collier and Stephen A. O'Connell
3. Anti-growth syndromes in Africa: a synthesis of the case studies Augustin Kwasi Fosu
4. Domestic interests and control regimes Robert H. Bates
5. Sacrificing the future: intertemporal strategies and their implications for growth Paul Collier and Jan Willem Gunning
6. The political geography of redistribution Jean-Paul Azam
7. Political conflict and state failure Robert H. Bates
8. Shocks, risk and African growth Jan Willem Gunning
9. The evolution of global development paradigms and their influence on African economic growth Benno J. Ndulu
10. Political reform Robert H. Bates
11. Endogenizing syndromes Paul Collier and Robert Bates with Anke Hoeffler and Steve O'Connell
12. Harnessing growth opportunities: how Africa can advance Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning, Stephen A. O'Connell and Benno J. Ndulu
Index.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Development economics & emerging economies [KCM], Economic growth [KCG], African history [HBJH]