TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noman,Akbar
AU  - Stiglitz,Joseph E.
AU  - Kanbur,Ravi
TI  - The Quality of Growth in Africa
T2  - Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
SN  - 9780231550987
AV  - HC800 .Q355 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Quality of Growth in Africa: An Overview, by Ravi Kanbur, Akbar Noman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz; Part I. Gross Domestic Product, Equity, and Employment; 1. Beyond GDP: Measuring the Quality of Growth in Africa, by Lorenzo Fioramonti; 2. Recent African Growth Experience: Poverty, Equity, and Political Stability, by Andy McKay; 3. The Quality of Jobs and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Moazam Mahmood; Part II. Structural Transformation for Quality Growth; 4. New Global Rules, Policy Space, and Quality of Growth in Africa, by Antonio Andreoni, Ha-Joon Chang, and Isabel Estevez5. What Should Africa Learn from East Asian Development?, by Jomo Kwame Sundaram; 6. Economic Transformation for High-Quality Growth: Insights from International Cooperation, by Akio Hosono; Part III. Economic Transformation: Industrializing Agriculture, Complexity, and Global Value Chains; 7. Oranges Are Not Only Fruit: The Industrialization of Freshness and the Quality of Growth, by Christopher Cramer and John Sender; 8. Sub-Saharan Africa's Manufacturing Sector: Building Complexity, by Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Christopher Rooney, and François Steenkamp9. A Generalized Linkage Approach to Local Production Systems Development in the Era of Global Value Chains, with Special Reference to Africa, by Antonio Andreoni; 10. (Re)shaping Markets for Inclusive Economic Activity: Competition and Industrial Policies Relating to Food Production in Southern Africa, by Simon Roberts; Part IV. Environment; 11. Climate Change and the Quality of Growth in Africa, by Ben Orlove; 12. Does Environmental Policy Make African Industry Less Competitive? The Possibilities in Green Industrial Policy, by Go ShimadaPart V. Urbanization; 13. Urbanization and the Quality of Growth in Africa, by Takyiwaa Manuh and Edlam Abera Yemeru; 14. Migrants, Towns, Poverty, and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania, by Luc Christiaensen, Joachim De Weerdt, Bert Ingelaere, and Ravi Kanbur; 15. Distributing Benefits from Africa's Urban Growth, by Gabriella Y. Carolini; Contributors; Index; 2; b
N2  - This book brings together prominent international contributors to consider a range of questions concerning the quality of growth in Africa. Offering both diagnoses and prescriptions, The Quality of Growth in Africa helps envision a future that goes beyond increasing GDP to ensuring that growth translates into improvements in well-being
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