OUR CONTINENT, OUR FUTURE : African Perspectives on Structural Adjustment - Softcover

Charles C Soludo; Thandika Mkandawire

 
9780865437050: OUR CONTINENT, OUR FUTURE : African Perspectives on Structural Adjustment

Synopsis

Although many African countries have for decades implemented the economic policies of the Bretton Woods Institution, the results have been generally unrewarding and extreme poverty and underdevelopment continues to plague the continent. This important work presents the emerging African perspective on structural adjustment issues and presents a collection of 30 individual studies from leading economists and political scientists from every corner of Africa.

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Synopsis

A book which looks at economics from an African perspective and discusses the fact that many African countries are still underdeveloped and poverty stricken despite implementing the structural programmes of the Bretton Woods institutions decades ago.

About the Author

Thandika Mkandawire is currently the Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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