Governance for Structural Transformation in Africa

✍ Scribed by Adam B. Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim, William Davis

Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 330
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation (understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better support inclusive development), which history has shown to be key to sustained, inclusive growth. The book begins with a review of the existing literature on the links between governance and structural transformation and the success or otherwise of various sub regions in achieving structural transformation. It continues with a range of contributors addressing original empirical research on the relationships between different approaches to institutions and trade and industrial policies and structural transformation in Africa. The book makes recommendations for a new approach to governance in Africa that can deliver the structural transformation that the continent needs for Africans to enjoy shared prosperity, poverty reduction and development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
Overview (Adam B. Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim, William Davis)....Pages 1-10
Institutional and Governance Weaknesses and African Transformation (Tafah Edokat, Aloysius Njong)....Pages 11-36
Sub-Regional Perspectives on Structural Change (Pedro M. G. Martins)....Pages 37-99
Economic Regulation and Employment Intensity of Output Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Abidemi C. Adegboye, Monday I. Egharevba, Joel Edafe)....Pages 101-143
Governance in the Mineral Dependent Economy: The Case of Botswana (Ita M. Mannathoko)....Pages 145-187
Can Export Promotion Agencies Stem the Deindustrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa? (Isaac Marcelin, Malokele Nanivazo)....Pages 189-220
Exploring Multidimensional Fiscal Incentives and Firms’ Productivity in a Developing Country (Rapuluchukwu Efobi Uchenna, Belmondo Tanankem Voufo, Beecroft Ibukun)....Pages 221-249
Food and Agriculture Global Value Chains: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (Jean Balié, Davide Del Prete, Emiliano Magrini, Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci)....Pages 251-276
The Role of Regional Trade Integration and Governance in Structural Transformation: Evidence from ECOWAS Trade Bloc (Abiodun Surajudeen Bankole, Musibau Adekunle Oladapo)....Pages 277-313
Back Matter ....Pages 315-317

✦ Subjects

Economics; African Economics; Political Economy/Economic Policy; Economic Growth; Development Economics

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