Structural Adjustment and Beyond: Long-term Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Softcover

Van Der Kraaij, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852551509 ISBN 13: 9780852551509

Publisher: James Currey, 1994

Synopsis

The period since 1980 has been called the structural adjustment decade. A great deal has been learnt during this decade of the need to adapt the policies of adjustment and to apply them in appropriate ways in different situations. This book brings together the theory of the researchers and the practical experience of the policy makers. They focus on concrete research findings in both francophone and anglophone Africa and draw out the long term implications for future policy and research.

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Review

Readers will find a refreshing transparency in methodological discussions, a broadened analytic agenda to include governance, and a lengthened time frame in which to consider impact. - K. Staudt in CHOICE ...detailed and balanced critique. WORLDAWARE

Synopsis

The period since 1980 has been called the "structural adjustment decade". A great deal has been learnt during this decade of the need to adjust the policies of adjustment and to apply them in appropriate ways in different situations. This book brings together the theory of the researchers and the practical experience of the policy makers. The distinguished contributors come both from within Africa and from the international donor community. They focus on concrete research findings in both francophone and anglophone Africa and draw out the long term implications for future policy and research.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852551509
• ISBN 13: 9780852551509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Van Der Hoeven Rolph