African Economic Development : Myths, Models and Policies (Hardcover)

Preface.1. Introduction Section I: Perspectives in Search of Theory 2. Economic Growth in Low-Income Africa: Through the Prism of Improved and More Recent Data 3. Foreign Aid: Finance Versus Fiscal Assistance 4. Africa is not On Time Section II: Theory in Search of Evidence 5. Convergence: Not in Low-Income Africa 6. Obstacles to Convergence: Thought Experiments and Divergence Clubs 7. The Bottom Half of the Bottom Billion: Changes Over Time Section III: Conclusion 8. Myths and their Implications