Indigenization of African Economies (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032587601 ISBN 13: 9781032587608

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Originally published in 1981, this book examines the progress of a number of national efforts to move towards economic self-reliance. It consists of case studies from Egypt, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and Senegal. The studies are set in a framework that outlines the historical background to African economic dependence, and they discuss the theoretical and practical implications of that dependence. It makes an important contribution to the study of indigenization, bringing together a group of African specialists writing from the inside, and articulating the continent’s challenges with convincing authority.

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About the Author

Adebayo Adedeji was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. He founded the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), a non-governmental independent continental non-profit, think-tank dedicated to multi-disciplinary and strategic studies on and for Africa. Adedeji was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032587601
• ISBN 13: 9781032587608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Adedeji Adebayo