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Book Synopsis Commodity Exports and African Economic Development by : Scott R. Pearson
Download or read book Commodity Exports and African Economic Development written by Scott R. Pearson and published by Lexington, Mass ; Toronto : D. C. Heath. This book was released on 1974 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monographic compilation of case studies to illustrate the interrelationships between commodity exports and economic development in Africa south of Sahara - analyses the role of export oriented industries in several countries, and includes government policy implications with regard to export promotion, etc. References and statistical tables.
Book Synopsis Trade and Industrial Development in Africa by : Moyo, Theresa
Download or read book Trade and Industrial Development in Africa written by Moyo, Theresa and published by CODESRIA. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits the perennial challenge that scholars, economists, and politicians have been grappling with since the 1960s. Development, in this book, has been defined in a context that projects it as a multidimensional and complex process which seeks to enhance the human, social, economic and cultural welfare of the people. This book calls for a rethinking of trade and industry for Africa's development. It uses data drawn from national development plans and strategies, and trade and industry issues have been prioritized at the continental level, in key policy documents. On the whole Africa's industry and trade performance have been poor in spite of national, regional, and continental plans. The contributors to this volume propose some alternative strategies and policies which are necessary for trade and industry to grow and to contribute to the well-being of Africa's people. It calls for a developmental trade and industry policy which, fundamentally, must be people-centred. African states should invest time, energy and resources to develop policies which will take into consideration African realities.The different contributors are aware that Africa has experienced strong economic growth in the recent past but this growth has largely been due to a strong demand for Africa's primary commodity exports. It has also been a result of increases in productivity and domestic investment and remittances from Africans living in the Diaspora. It is important to note that despite this unprecedented growth performance, the impact of trade and industry on development has been limited. The book argues that a structural transformation of Africa's economies is inevitable if Africa is to achieve the shift from the dominant paradigm of production and export of primary goods. The various contributors to this book agree that there is need to rethink policy and strategy in order to achieve industrial development in Africa. There is no unique solution or answer that can fit all situations as African countries are not the same. While Africa can draw lessons from other regions which have successfully industrialized, this book argues that policies and strategies will have to be adapted to country-specific situations and circumstances.
Author :United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Publisher :United Nations Publications ISBN 13 : Total Pages :90 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Economic Development in Africa by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Download or read book Economic Development in Africa written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the reasons for Africa's declining share of world trade. It reviews the structure and composition of Africa's trade; the problems of commodity dependence and difficulties in diversifying into more dynamic market sectors. There is also a discussion of international policy measures that might be needed to help Africa overcome the hurdles it faces.
Author :United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publisher :United Nations ISBN 13 :9213629486 Total Pages :84 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (136 download)
Book Synopsis Economic Development in Africa 2003 by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Download or read book Economic Development in Africa 2003 written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2004-03-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews the structure and composition of Africas trade along with the associated problems of commodity dependence. It also attempts to place in perspective the reasons for Africa's poor performance and its declining share in world trade. In addition, the report appeals for a new international initiative on commodities, consonant with the development needs of African countries.
Book Synopsis Development Centre Seminars Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa by : OECD
Download or read book Development Centre Seminars Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-07-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary commodities dominate African exports, yet these products are extremely vulnerable to variations in weather conditions, world demand and prices. If the continent is to obtain optimum benefit from the integration and opening of the world ...
Book Synopsis African Economic Development by : Christopher Cramer
Download or read book African Economic Development written by Christopher Cramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"--
Author :United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publisher :United Nations ISBN 13 :9211561884 Total Pages :114 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (115 download)
Book Synopsis Economic Development in Africa 2008 by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Download or read book Economic Development in Africa 2008 written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This years report examines Africas export performance after trade liberalization in order to draw lessons for use in the design of future development strategies. It identifies Africas weak supply response as the most important impediment to the continents export performance, suggesting that future export policies should focus more on ways to increase production for export. The publication proposes some policies that could help Africa to refocus its development priorities on structural transformation in order to increase the continents supply capacity and export response.
Author :United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publisher :United Nations ISBN 13 :9210039742 Total Pages :236 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Economic Development in Africa Report 2019 by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Download or read book Economic Development in Africa Report 2019 written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a historic opportunity for the continent to boost intra-African trade and accelerate structural transformation. However, this relies on a critical policy instrument: the effective implementation of preferential trade liberalization among the AfCFTA members. Whether in practice African firms will utilize tariff preferences under the AfCFTA depends on a critical factor: rules of origin (RoO) and the net benefits of complying with them. This report argues for the adoption of flexible RoO and a strengthening of institutional capacities to ensure an impartial, transparent, predictable, consistent and neutral implementation of agreed RoO.
Book Synopsis Industrialization and Economic Diversification by : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Download or read book Industrialization and Economic Diversification written by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic diversification entails a shift away from a single income source toward multiple income sources from an increasing spectrum of sectors and markets. A persistent concern for some Asian and African economies is their reliance on commodity exports and how they are exposed to the risk of export volatility and income instability. The Covid-19 pandemic and previous oil crashes have demonstrated the adverse impact on such economies. This book provides a systemic analysis of sustainable economic development through economic diversification. The book analyzes diversification and development experiences from comparative perspectives of Asia and Africa. It also investigates determinants of export diversification differentiated by commodities-dependence versus manufactured products and looks at the roles of various institutions and governance of institutions in export diversification. This book will provide policy insights into how different degrees of specialisation in exports across countries have affected outcomes in terms of living standards, economic growth and employment.
Book Synopsis Commodity Prices and Development by : Roman Grynberg
Download or read book Commodity Prices and Development written by Roman Grynberg and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 50 developing countries depend on three or fewer commodities for more than half of their exports and, in fact, many rely on a single commodity for a large share of export earnings. This reliance inevitability exposes countries to the risk of export earnings instability as a result of price shocks and, perhaps even more significantly, the falling purchasing power of exports over the long run due to declining real prices. Presenting for the first time a complete analysis of the issues surrounding commodity prices and development, this book is the culmination of three years of research commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to look at various aspects of commodity prices. The problems faced by commodity dependent developing countries are formidable. Although diversification is the most appropriate response to the problem of the secular decline in commodity prices, long-term transformation in the economy can be a slow process and its success will depend on a host of factors such as the development of human resources, institutional capacity building, poverty alleviation, and appropriate domestic policy and environment. By granting increased aid flows and debt relief, and providing assistance to encourage production of non-traditional export items, the international community can play a proactive role in the development of the commodity dependent poor countries. Only concerted efforts both at the domestic fronts of these countries and via co-operation extended by the international community can help mitigate the problems of the world's most vulnerable economies.
Book Synopsis African Economic Development by : Christopher Cramer
Download or read book African Economic Development written by Christopher Cramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries, using the striking variation in economic performance as a starting point. African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, and Policy highlights not only difference between countries, but also variation within countries. It focuses on issues relating to gender, class, and ethnic identity, such as neo-natal mortality, school dropout, and horticultural and agribusiness exports. Variations in these areas point to opportunities for changing perfomance, reducing reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure and the legacies of a colonial past. African Economic Development rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, criticizing a range of orthodox and heterodox economists for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Instead, it shows that seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be if certain impediments were removed. Drawing on decades of research and policy experience, this book combines careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with economic insights to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment.
Book Synopsis Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization by : Machiko Nissanke
Download or read book Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization written by Machiko Nissanke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-01-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This book elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributons, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems.
Book Synopsis Economic Development in Africa Report 2022 by : United Nations Publications
Download or read book Economic Development in Africa Report 2022 written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Africa is among the least diversified regions in the world with regard to exports. Commodities account for more than 60 per cent of total merchandise exports in 45 of the 54 countries in Africa, leaving them highly vulnerable to global commodity price shocks and undermining the continent's inclusive growth and development prospects. Economic Development in Africa Report 2022 shows that neglecting the potentially transformative role of high knowledge-intensive services, such as information and communications technology services and financial services, is among the key reasons why export diversification remains a challenge in Africa. The report shows that effectively addressing barriers to services trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area will be key to unleashing the transformative role of services in enhancing the diversity and complexity of products from Africa. UNCTAD recommends that for export diversification strategies to be impactful in Africa, policies need to be in place that enhance inclusive access to innovative financing technologies, including for small and medium-sized enterprises. Leveraging high knowledge-intensive services to increase productivity and improve competitiveness in the private sector will be key to achieving higher value-added diversification and growth under the African Continental Free Trade Area."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book African Gold written by Roman Grynberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the evolving economics of gold as a global commodity as well as the production and trade of gold in and from the African continent. The growth of gold as an increasingly important and diverse source of African wealth is examined, alongside the impact that the rise of China in the 21st century has had on the demand for gold. The volatility of the gold price has increased as a result of the dramatic decline of gold demand for manufacturing purposes. Gold is Africa’s second largest export after oil and is a perfect metaphor for a continent rich in resources while so much of its population lives in such dire poverty. The artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) sector, is surprisingly widely perceived as being beneficial to the development of Africa despite its exploitation and dreadful health and environmental consequences. African Gold: Production, Trade and Economic Development considers policy issues regarding the gold mining sector, the economics of beneficiation, the retreat of jewelry manufacturing across the continent as well as ‘Africa’s golden future’. It is a relevant book for both academics and policymakers interested in Africa, natural resource, and development economics.
Book Synopsis Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa by : Adebisi Adewole
Download or read book Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa written by Adebisi Adewole and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on global value chains and their importance to trade, this edited collection explores the strategic role of logistics and supply chain infrastructure in the development of Africa. Skilled authors present critical analysis of the current state of logistics in Africa, and suggest improvements to policy and practice which address the issue of poor trading relationships. This book will engage entrepreneurs, academics and policy-makers interested in international business, raising awareness of the need for better trade infrastructure in Africa in order to ensure the continent’s economic development.
Book Synopsis Is Export Diversification the Best Way to Achieve Export Growth and Stability? by : Ridwan Ali
Download or read book Is Export Diversification the Best Way to Achieve Export Growth and Stability? written by Ridwan Ali and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers - concerned with the instability and downward trend in export earnings for Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe between 1961 and 1987 - tend to propose the remedy of export diversification. But horizontal diversification would have produced lower export earnings and more instability.
Book Synopsis Export Instability and Economic Development by : Alasdair Macbean
Download or read book Export Instability and Economic Development written by Alasdair Macbean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this work was first published in 1966, there was much interest in various types of commodity agreements and compensatory financing as methods of reducing the effects of export fluctuations on the economies of developing countries. The book concluded that short term fluctuations in export earnings, though perhaps important for some countries, did not appear to be the general problem that had been assumed. If correct, it would suggest that any measures should be carefully designed to fit the situations of countries that were affected and be subjected to cost-benefit analysis. This led to many published and unpublished studies on the issues: some supported, others contradicted the book’s conclusions. The data available now are vastly greater and probably more accurate than pre-1966. However, the work and the issues it raised remain important because most schemes proposed to reduce export instability would be costly and likely to divert resources from uses more obviously aimed at raising economic development in most developing countries.
