African Successes, Volume IV
by Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, David N. Weil
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level.
The fourth volume in the series, African Successes: Sustainable Growth combines informative case studies with careful empirical analysis to consider the prospects for future African growth.
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Author Biography
Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics in the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. David N. Weil is the James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University. All three editors are research associates of the NBER.
Table of Contents
Series Introduction Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil Volume Introduction Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil I. Agriculture 1. The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1961 Steven Block 2. Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda Douglas Gollin and Richard Rogerson 3. The Sahel's Silent Maize Revolution: Analyzing Maize Productivity in Mali at the Farm Level Jeremy Foltz, Ursula Aldana, and Paul Laris 4. Contract Farming and Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya Lorenzo Casaburi, Michael Kremer, and Sendhil Mullainathan 5. The Determinants of Food-Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian 6. International and Intranational Market Segmentation and Integration in West Africa Jenny C. Aker, Michael W. Klein, and Stephen A. O'Connell II. Country Studies 7. Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa Jorge Braga de Macedo and Lu
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