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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972782603321

Autore

Wallace Laura

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613850362

9781462387601

1462387608

9781455291984

1455291986

9781283537919

1283537915

9781455216284

1455216283

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

Aggregate Human Capital

Aggregate Labor Productivity

Balance of payments

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Civil service & public sector

Civil service

Commercial banks

Commercial policy

Depository Institutions

Economic theory

Employment

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Exports and Imports

Finance

Financial institutions



Foreign direct investment

Income economics

Industries: Financial Services

Intergenerational Income Distribution

International economics

International Investment

International Trade Organizations

International trade

Labor

Labour

Long-term Capital Movements

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public employment

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Trade liberalization

Trade Policy

Trade policy

Unemployment

Wages

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.