Africa why economists get it wrong / Morten Jerven.
| Author/creator | Jerven, Morten, 1978- |
| Other author | International African Institute. |
| Other author | Royal African Society. |
| Other author | World Peace Foundation. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Zed Books, in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation, 2015. |
| Description | 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | African arguments African arguments. ^A672268 |
| Contents | Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa -- Trapped in history? -- African growth recurring -- Africa's statistical tragedy? |
| Abstract | Reframes the debate about Africa's growth or lack thereof, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history. |
| Abstract | For the first time in generations, Africa is spoken of these days with enthusiastic hope: no longer seen as a hopeless morass of poverty, the continent instead is described as "Africa Rising," a land of enormous economic potential that is just beginning to be tapped. With Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Morten Jerven offers a bracing corrective. Neither story, he shows, is accurate. In truth, most African economies have been growing rapidly since the 1990s--and, until a collapse in the '70s and '80s, they had been growing reliably for decades. Puncturing weak analysis that relies too much on those two lost decades, Jerven redraws our picture of Africa's past, present, and potential.--Publisher website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021301916 |
| ISBN | 9781783601332 (hb) |
| ISBN | 1783601337 (hb) |
| ISBN | 9781783601325 (pb) |
| ISBN | 1783601329 (pb) |
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| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
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| Stock number | Univ of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628, (773)5681550 SAN 202-5280 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |