Africa and Economic Policy

This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Sectoral Approach to Economic Policy and Its Limits; 2. Conceptual Framework of a Systemic Economic Policy for the Revival of Africa; 3. Final Goals for a Systemic Economic Policy; 4. Intermediate Goals for a Systemic Economic Policy; 5. Operating Goals for a Systemic Economic Policy; 6. Instruments for a Systemic Economic Policy; 7. Means of Implementing a Systemic Economic Policy; 8. Economic Policy in Particular Contexts: Economic Crisis and Natural Resources-Based Economies; 9. Globalization: A Variable Geometry Process; 10. Globalization: A Factor of Worsening Economic Policy Constraints, but also Source of Opportunities?; 11. Recent Trends of Foreign Aid to Africa; 12. What Goals for Foreign Aid?; 13. How to Channel Aid for It to Be Effective; 14. A Successful Economic Policy Experience in Africa: Economic Policy in Tunisia; 15. Post-apartheid South Africa's Economic Policy: Lessons from a Successful Experience; 16. Some Economic Policy Experiences in Developed and Emerging Countries; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index