Ghana Under Structural Adjustment
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Author | : Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780367666385 |
This title was first published in 2001: Bringing together geographers, planners, political scientists, economists, rural development specialists, bankers, public administrators and other development experts, this volume questions the benefits of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs). It critically assesses the impact of SAPs from a wider perspective than a purely economic one, highlighting concerns about impacts of adjustments on the more vulnerable elements of society such as social welfare, the environment, labour, gender and agriculture. Revealing both the costs and benefits of the economic restructuring programme, the book also suggests alternatives to current development models, and how SAPs can be made more sustainable. An original and comprehensive addition to the collections of both students and practitioners of development.
Author | : Bonnie Campbell |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1989-11-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 134920398X |
Providing overviews of states and sectors, classes and companies in the new international division of labour, this series treats polity-economy dialectics at global, regional and national levels. This volume in the series looks at the complexities of structural adjustment in Africa.
Author | : Sanjaya Lall |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1349139254 |
The process of capability development is central to industrialization, but the current literature focuses on the advanced developing countries. This book, based on a World Bank sponsored study of enterprise development in Ghana, is the first to examine in detail how firms in least developed countries in Africa acquire technological capabilities. It analyses why Ghanaian firms are generally relatively uncompetitive, why some firms are better than others, and how the structural adjustment is affecting manufacturing development.
Author | : P. Thandika Mkandawire |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 155250204X |
Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.
Author | : Kempe Ronald Hope |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0429686757 |
First published in 1997, this volume is intended to make a contribution to both the literature and the contentious debate on the relationship between structural adjustment and reconstruction and development in Africa, as seen from the multidisciplinary perspective of academics and practitioners working in Africa on African development problems and issues. The implementation of structural adjustment in Africa has spawned a considerable, and still on-going, debate with vociferous advocates on both sides of the issue, particularly with respect to the efficacy of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) as an antidote to Africa’s development crisis. This book contributes to that debate with a rich mixture of analytical views and ideas covering a wide range of countries and sectors on the role and impact of structural adjustment programmes on the process of reconstruction and development in Africa.
Author | : John Williamson |
Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
The twenty-one contributions in this book assess the controversy surrounding the Fund and provide judgments about the criteria for Fund lending which should help readers understand and analyze both its ongoing role in smoothing adjustment to international payments imbalances and its currently critical position in responding to the debt crisis.
Author | : Ernest Aryeetey |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0191067776 |
As Ghana approaches its 60th birthday, optimism and worries for the future continue to be present in equal measure. Economic growth in the last decade has been high by historical standards. Indeed, recent rebasing of GDP figures has put Ghana over the per capita income threshold into Middle Income Country status. However, structural transformation has lagged behind. Fiscal discipline has also eroded significantly and there is heavy borrowing, especially on the commercial market, while elements of the natural resource curse from oil have already occurred. The question most observers ask is whether the gains from two decades of reforms are being reversed. Given this background, this volume brings together leading established and young economists, from within and outside Ghana, to analyze and assess the challenges facing Ghana's economy as it enters its seventh decade and the nation heads towards three quarters of a century of independence. The chapters cover the major macroeconomic and sectoral issues, including fiscal and monetary policy, trade and industrialization, agriculture and infrastructure. The volume also covers a full range of social issues including poverty and inequality, education, health, gender, and social protection. The book also examines the implications of the oil boom for Ghanaian development, and the role of institutions.
Author | : Kwabena Donkor |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2020-02-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781138345454 |
First published in 1997, this volume looks at the rationale for, the implementation of, and the economic and social effect of the World Bank Structural Adjustment Policy (SAP) in Ghana from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. It shifts the focus from a primarily economic evaluation of these programmes and includes issues such as their impact on vulnerable groups within the Ghanaian society and on poverty in general. Therefore, it must be asked whether the 'ordinary Ghanaian' has gained anything from any wealth creation in Ghana. The book will be useful for both academic and policy purposes.
Author | : Townsend, Peter |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2002-09-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1861343957 |
Author | : Giles Mohan |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780415125215 |
Focusing on Africa, Latin America and Asia, examines the origins, impacts and alternatives to the structural adjsutment programmes.