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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816694903321

Autore

Wallace Laura

Titolo

Africa : : Adjustment to the Challenges of Globalization / / Laura Wallace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 1999

ISBN

1-4623-8760-8

1-4552-9198-6

1-283-53791-5

9786613850362

1-4552-1628-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Books

Disciplina

338.96

Soggetti

Free trade - Africa

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Africa

Investments, Foreign - Africa

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Labor

Public Finance

Industries: Financial Services

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Employment

Unemployment

Wages

Intergenerational Income Distribution

Aggregate Human Capital

Aggregate Labor Productivity

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Trade Policy

International Trade Organizations

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Public finance & taxation

Banking

International economics



Civil service & public sector

Labour

income economics

Finance

Expenditure

Public employment

Trade liberalization

Commercial banks

International trade

Financial institutions

Foreign direct investment

Balance of payments

Trade policy

Expenditures, Public

Banks and banking

Commercial policy

Economic theory

Civil service

Africa Economic policy Congresses

Uganda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of a seminar held in Paris, May 4-5, 1998."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Session I Improving the Environment for Private Investment and Activities""; ""Opening Remarks""; ""Lessons on Regulatory Reform: The Philippines� Experience""; ""Lessons on Regulatory Reform: Kenya�s Experience""; ""Comments""; ""General Discussion""; ""Developing Sound Banking Systems and Practices in Africa""; ""Relevance of Banking Lessons for Africa: Zimbabwe�s Experience""; ""Comments""; ""General Discussion""; ""Liberalizing the Trade System""; ""Comments""; ""General Discussion""

""Session II Strengthening the Contribution of Government""""Better Public Sector Resource Management: Capacity Building and Good Governance""; ""Comments""; ""General Discussion""; ""Quality and Composition of Public Spending in Africa: Suggestions for Increased Effectiveness""; ""Comments""; ""General Discussion""; ""Session III Reform Priorities for Africa""; ""Panel Discussion""; ""General Discussion""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""List of Participants""

Sommario/riassunto

Sub-Saharan Africa needs much faster economic growth and more effective economic, financial, and social policies if it is to make up for lost ground and reduce the number of people living in abject poverty. Edited by Laura Wallace, this volume presents the proceedings of a May 1998 seminar in Paris, organized jointly by the IMF and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, on ways to accelerate Africa's growth in our increasingly globalized world. Senior African and Asian government officials, representatives from multicultural institutions, donors, academics, and private sector participants gathered to discuss how to



improve the private investment environment in African countries and take advantage of globalization's benefits while minimizing its risks, and how to strengthen the contribution of government in areas of capacity building, good governance, effective public resource management, and improved quality and composition of government spending.