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Globalization and Development in Africa

The forces of globalization are perhaps the most important factors that affect the current environment for economic development. Globalization offers great opportunities for poor countries to accelerate their economic development. But, it also poses new and substantial challenges for economic management. Within this context there is increasing concern over the increasing economic marginalization of many countries in Africa. There has been a decline in Africa's share of world exports, a continued concentration in primary commodities and an inability to attract inward investment.

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Strengthening Africa’s Participation in the Global Economy

African Development in the 21st Century - Cassim Chilumpha
Thinking About Developmental States in Africa - Thandika Mkandawire
Integrating into the Global Economy: Policies and Institutions in Africa and Asia - Julius Court and Toru Yanagihara
Asia and Africa in the Global Economy: Economic Policies and External Performance in South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa - Ernest Aryeetey and Machiko Nissanke
Africa's Trade Gap: What should Africa do to promote exports? - Beatrice Weder
Local Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and Subsaharan Africa: Networks and Linkages to the Global Economy - Deborah Bräutigam
Resource Exports and Resource Processing for Export in Southeast Asia - Jomo K. Sundaram and Michael Rock
Primary Exports and Primary Processing for Export in Sub-Saharan Africa - W. M. Lyakurwa
Export-Oriented Industrialisation and Foreign Direct Investment in the ASEAN Countries - Thee Kian Wie
Management of Financial Flows in SE Asia - Pakorn Vichyanond
Aid and Development: What Can Africa Learn from the Macroeconomics of Foreign Aid in Some Southeast Asian Economies? - Haider A. Khan
Foreign Aid, Debt and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Samuel M. Wangwe
Food Security in Africa - World Food Day Report
Will the Euro Trigger More Monetary Unions in Africa? - by Patrick Honohan and Philip R. Lane (PDF file - 154 KB)
Hospital Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from South Africa (PDF file - 396 KB) - by Eyob Zere, June 2000 [Abstract]
Collective Action and Bilateral Interaction in Ghanaian Entrepreneurial Networks (PDF file - 206 KB) - by Abigail Barr, May 2000 [Abstract]
Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods and Social Capital: Mozambique's Experience (PDF file - 167 KB) - by Clara de Sousa, December 1999 [Abstract]
Long-run Food Security Implications of a Top-Down Agricultural Strategy in Malawi (PDF file - 816 KB) - Kalonga Stambuli
IMF/World Bank Economic Models and Dynamics of Political Transition in Malawi (PDF file - 595 KB) - P. Kalonga Stambuli
State Hegemony, Macro Effects and private enterprise in Malawi (PDF file - 300 KB) - Kalonga Stambuli

Bibliographies

Related Papers

Private capital inflow to Sub-Saharan Africa - Amar Bhattacharya, Peter J. Montiel and Sunil Sharma
Political, Economic and Social Institutions: A Review of Growth Evidence - by Janine Aron
Developing 'free market economies' in Africa: Review of Progress and Constraints (PDF file - 108 KB) - P. Kalonga Stambuli
Revisiting a Policy of Currency Devaluation in African Countries (PDF file - 109 KB) - P. Kalonga Stambuli

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