The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000 (Hardcover, 1st)

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.