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Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover ; African Arguments; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; From Explaining Slow Growth to Explaining Low Income ; How Economists Have Misunderstood Growth in Africa ; 1: Misunderstanding Economic Growth in Africa; Correlation Is Not Causation ; Garbage In, Garbage Out; The African Dummy Variable ; Misrepresenting the African Economic Growth Record ; The Subtraction Approach ; Aid Dependency ; Deficient Public Services ; Bad Policies ; Bad Governance ; A Leap of Faith ; 2: Trapped in History?
The Historical Evidence of Growth Explaining Variation in Income 'Today'; Root Causes of African Underdevelopment ; Initial Conditions: Bad Geography and Wrong Technology ; Ethnicity ; Settlers and Institutions ; 'Causal History' or 'Compression of History'?; Ceteris Paribus: History Matters ; 3: African Growth Recurring; The Political Economy of Episodic Growth in Africa ; The Importance of Economic Growth ; From Slavery to Cash Crops: Growth in Precolonial and Colonial Africa ; Growth in Africa Since 1950 ; Prospects for Growth ; World Markets ; Political Conditions The Factors of Production Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth: Some Precautions ; 4: Africa's Statistical Tragedy?; Benchmark Years ; How Much Do We Know About Income and Growth in Africa? ; Correlates of Growth ; Interpreting the Growth Evidence ; The Politics of African Economic Statistics ; Conclusion ; How We are Misled by Mainstream Economics ; Learning from History ; Getting African Economies Right ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461014203321 |
Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover ; African Arguments; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; From Explaining Slow Growth to Explaining Low Income ; How Economists Have Misunderstood Growth in Africa ; 1: Misunderstanding Economic Growth in Africa; Correlation Is Not Causation ; Garbage In, Garbage Out; The African Dummy Variable ; Misrepresenting the African Economic Growth Record ; The Subtraction Approach ; Aid Dependency ; Deficient Public Services ; Bad Policies ; Bad Governance ; A Leap of Faith ; 2: Trapped in History?
The Historical Evidence of Growth Explaining Variation in Income 'Today'; Root Causes of African Underdevelopment ; Initial Conditions: Bad Geography and Wrong Technology ; Ethnicity ; Settlers and Institutions ; 'Causal History' or 'Compression of History'?; Ceteris Paribus: History Matters ; 3: African Growth Recurring; The Political Economy of Episodic Growth in Africa ; The Importance of Economic Growth ; From Slavery to Cash Crops: Growth in Precolonial and Colonial Africa ; Growth in Africa Since 1950 ; Prospects for Growth ; World Markets ; Political Conditions The Factors of Production Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth: Some Precautions ; 4: Africa's Statistical Tragedy?; Benchmark Years ; How Much Do We Know About Income and Growth in Africa? ; Correlates of Growth ; Interpreting the Growth Evidence ; The Politics of African Economic Statistics ; Conclusion ; How We are Misled by Mainstream Economics ; Learning from History ; Getting African Economies Right ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797242903321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover ; African Arguments; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; From Explaining Slow Growth to Explaining Low Income ; How Economists Have Misunderstood Growth in Africa ; 1: Misunderstanding Economic Growth in Africa; Correlation Is Not Causation ; Garbage In, Garbage Out; The African Dummy Variable ; Misrepresenting the African Economic Growth Record ; The Subtraction Approach ; Aid Dependency ; Deficient Public Services ; Bad Policies ; Bad Governance ; A Leap of Faith ; 2: Trapped in History?
The Historical Evidence of Growth Explaining Variation in Income 'Today'; Root Causes of African Underdevelopment ; Initial Conditions: Bad Geography and Wrong Technology ; Ethnicity ; Settlers and Institutions ; 'Causal History' or 'Compression of History'?; Ceteris Paribus: History Matters ; 3: African Growth Recurring; The Political Economy of Episodic Growth in Africa ; The Importance of Economic Growth ; From Slavery to Cash Crops: Growth in Precolonial and Colonial Africa ; Growth in Africa Since 1950 ; Prospects for Growth ; World Markets ; Political Conditions The Factors of Production Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth: Some Precautions ; 4: Africa's Statistical Tragedy?; Benchmark Years ; How Much Do We Know About Income and Growth in Africa? ; Correlates of Growth ; Interpreting the Growth Evidence ; The Politics of African Economic Statistics ; Conclusion ; How We are Misled by Mainstream Economics ; Learning from History ; Getting African Economies Right ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815514803321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven
| Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (576 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.331 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MehlerAndreas
MelberHenning WalravenKlaas van <1958-> |
| Collana | Africa yearbook |
| Soggetto topico | Economics - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-63817-7
90-04-24178-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- I. Sub-Saharan Africa / Andreas Mehler , Henning Melber and Klaas van Walraven -- II. United Nations and Sub-Saharan Africa / Linnéa Gelot -- III. African-European Relations / Mark Furness -- IV. West Africa / Klaas van Walraven -- Benin / Eric Komlavi Hahonou -- Burkina Faso / Alexander Stroh -- Cape Verde / Gerhard Seibert -- Côte d’Ivoire / Bruno Losch -- Gambia / Alice Bellagamba -- Ghana / Michael Amoah -- Guinea / Mike McGovern -- Guinea-Bissau / Christoph Kohl -- Liberia / Lansana Gberie and Aaron Weah -- Mali / Martin van Vliet -- Mauritania / Claes Olsson and Helena Olsson -- Niger / Klaas van Walraven -- Nigeria / Heinrich Bergstresser -- Senegal / Vincent Foucher -- Sierra Leone / Krijn Peters -- Togo / Dirk Kohnert -- V. Central Africa / Andreas Mehler -- Cameroon / Fanny Pigeaud -- Central African Republic / Andreas Mehler -- Chad / Han van Dijk -- Republic of Congo / John F. Clark -- Democratic Republic of the Congo / Claudia Simons -- Equatorial Guinea / Alicia Campos -- Gabon / Douglas A. Yates -- São Tomé and Príncipe / Gerhard Seibert -- VI. Eastern Africa / Rolf Hofmeier -- Burundi / Stef Vandeginste -- Comoros / Rolf Hofmeier -- Djibouti / Rolf Hofmeier -- Eritrea / Nicole Hirt -- Ethiopia / Jon Abbink -- Kenya / Nic Cheeseman -- Rwanda / Susan Thomson -- Seychelles / Rolf Hofmeier -- Somalia / Jon Abbink -- South Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Tanzania / Kurt Hirschler and Rolf Hofmeier -- Uganda / Volker Weyel -- VII. Southern Africa / Henning Melber -- Angola / Jon Schubert -- Botswana / David Sebudubudu and Maitseo Bolaane -- Lesotho / Roger Southall -- Madagascar / Richard R. Marcus -- Malawi / Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa-Jamali and Lewis Baison Dzimbiri -- Mauritius / Klaus-Peter Treydte -- Mozambique / Joseph Hanlon -- Namibia / Henning Melber -- South Africa / Ineke van Kessel -- Swaziland / John Daniel and Marisha Ramdeen -- Zambia / Gero Erdmann -- Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete -- List of Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462195403321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven
| Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (576 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.331 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MehlerAndreas
MelberHenning WalravenKlaas van <1958-> |
| Collana | Africa yearbook |
| Soggetto topico | Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-283-63817-7
90-04-24178-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- I. Sub-Saharan Africa / Andreas Mehler , Henning Melber and Klaas van Walraven -- II. United Nations and Sub-Saharan Africa / Linnéa Gelot -- III. African-European Relations / Mark Furness -- IV. West Africa / Klaas van Walraven -- Benin / Eric Komlavi Hahonou -- Burkina Faso / Alexander Stroh -- Cape Verde / Gerhard Seibert -- Côte d’Ivoire / Bruno Losch -- Gambia / Alice Bellagamba -- Ghana / Michael Amoah -- Guinea / Mike McGovern -- Guinea-Bissau / Christoph Kohl -- Liberia / Lansana Gberie and Aaron Weah -- Mali / Martin van Vliet -- Mauritania / Claes Olsson and Helena Olsson -- Niger / Klaas van Walraven -- Nigeria / Heinrich Bergstresser -- Senegal / Vincent Foucher -- Sierra Leone / Krijn Peters -- Togo / Dirk Kohnert -- V. Central Africa / Andreas Mehler -- Cameroon / Fanny Pigeaud -- Central African Republic / Andreas Mehler -- Chad / Han van Dijk -- Republic of Congo / John F. Clark -- Democratic Republic of the Congo / Claudia Simons -- Equatorial Guinea / Alicia Campos -- Gabon / Douglas A. Yates -- São Tomé and Príncipe / Gerhard Seibert -- VI. Eastern Africa / Rolf Hofmeier -- Burundi / Stef Vandeginste -- Comoros / Rolf Hofmeier -- Djibouti / Rolf Hofmeier -- Eritrea / Nicole Hirt -- Ethiopia / Jon Abbink -- Kenya / Nic Cheeseman -- Rwanda / Susan Thomson -- Seychelles / Rolf Hofmeier -- Somalia / Jon Abbink -- South Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Tanzania / Kurt Hirschler and Rolf Hofmeier -- Uganda / Volker Weyel -- VII. Southern Africa / Henning Melber -- Angola / Jon Schubert -- Botswana / David Sebudubudu and Maitseo Bolaane -- Lesotho / Roger Southall -- Madagascar / Richard R. Marcus -- Malawi / Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa-Jamali and Lewis Baison Dzimbiri -- Mauritius / Klaus-Peter Treydte -- Mozambique / Joseph Hanlon -- Namibia / Henning Melber -- South Africa / Ineke van Kessel -- Swaziland / John Daniel and Marisha Ramdeen -- Zambia / Gero Erdmann -- Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete -- List of Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785957703321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven
| Africa yearbook [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 8 Politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2011 / / edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (576 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.331 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MehlerAndreas
MelberHenning WalravenKlaas van <1958-> |
| Collana | Africa yearbook |
| Soggetto topico | Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-283-63817-7
90-04-24178-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- I. Sub-Saharan Africa / Andreas Mehler , Henning Melber and Klaas van Walraven -- II. United Nations and Sub-Saharan Africa / Linnéa Gelot -- III. African-European Relations / Mark Furness -- IV. West Africa / Klaas van Walraven -- Benin / Eric Komlavi Hahonou -- Burkina Faso / Alexander Stroh -- Cape Verde / Gerhard Seibert -- Côte d’Ivoire / Bruno Losch -- Gambia / Alice Bellagamba -- Ghana / Michael Amoah -- Guinea / Mike McGovern -- Guinea-Bissau / Christoph Kohl -- Liberia / Lansana Gberie and Aaron Weah -- Mali / Martin van Vliet -- Mauritania / Claes Olsson and Helena Olsson -- Niger / Klaas van Walraven -- Nigeria / Heinrich Bergstresser -- Senegal / Vincent Foucher -- Sierra Leone / Krijn Peters -- Togo / Dirk Kohnert -- V. Central Africa / Andreas Mehler -- Cameroon / Fanny Pigeaud -- Central African Republic / Andreas Mehler -- Chad / Han van Dijk -- Republic of Congo / John F. Clark -- Democratic Republic of the Congo / Claudia Simons -- Equatorial Guinea / Alicia Campos -- Gabon / Douglas A. Yates -- São Tomé and Príncipe / Gerhard Seibert -- VI. Eastern Africa / Rolf Hofmeier -- Burundi / Stef Vandeginste -- Comoros / Rolf Hofmeier -- Djibouti / Rolf Hofmeier -- Eritrea / Nicole Hirt -- Ethiopia / Jon Abbink -- Kenya / Nic Cheeseman -- Rwanda / Susan Thomson -- Seychelles / Rolf Hofmeier -- Somalia / Jon Abbink -- South Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Tanzania / Kurt Hirschler and Rolf Hofmeier -- Uganda / Volker Weyel -- VII. Southern Africa / Henning Melber -- Angola / Jon Schubert -- Botswana / David Sebudubudu and Maitseo Bolaane -- Lesotho / Roger Southall -- Madagascar / Richard R. Marcus -- Malawi / Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa-Jamali and Lewis Baison Dzimbiri -- Mauritius / Klaus-Peter Treydte -- Mozambique / Joseph Hanlon -- Namibia / Henning Melber -- South Africa / Ineke van Kessel -- Swaziland / John Daniel and Marisha Ramdeen -- Zambia / Gero Erdmann -- Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete -- List of Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826166303321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African journal of business and economic research : AJBER
| African journal of business and economic research : AJBER |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 330.9605 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business
Economics - Africa Commerce Economic history Economics Volkswirtschaft Wirtschaftspolitik Betriebswirtschaftslehre Afrika |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic journals.
Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996198732303316 |
| London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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African journal of business and economic research : AJBER
| African journal of business and economic research : AJBER |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 330.9605 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business
Economics - Africa Commerce Economic history Economics Volkswirtschaft Wirtschaftspolitik Betriebswirtschaftslehre Afrika |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1750-4554 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
AJBER
AJBER African journal of business and economic research |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996449546203316 |
| London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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African journal of business and economic research : AJBER
| African journal of business and economic research : AJBER |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 330.9605 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business
Economics - Africa Commerce Economic history Economics Volkswirtschaft Wirtschaftspolitik Betriebswirtschaftslehre Afrika |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1750-4554 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
AJBER
AJBER African journal of business and economic research |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910680066103321 |
| London, U.K., : Adonis & Abbey Publishers, ©2006- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African review of economics and finance
| African review of economics and finance |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stirling : , : Graphics & Print Services, University of Stirling, , [2009]- |
| Soggetto topico |
Finance - Africa
Economics - Africa Economics Finance |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Soggetto non controllato | Finance - General |
| ISSN | 2410-4906 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | AREF |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141439803321 |
| Stirling : , : Graphics & Print Services, University of Stirling, , [2009]- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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