The Quality of Growth in Africa

Includes bibliographies and index.

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

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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