African Economies In Transition: Volume 1: The Changing Role Of The State (studies On The African Economies Series)

An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s. The focus is on the reform process in the socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. The impact of the subsequent economic liberalization and the changing role of the state during the period of transition is the focus of this theoretical overview, with particular coverage of macroeconomic management and the privatization of state enterprises. A companion volume (0-333-71237-4) contains in-depth country studies. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s, with the focus on economic liberalization in those socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. A companion theoretical volume (0-312-17751-8) examines the changing role of the state during the period of transition. This volume examines the important debate on agricultural reforms in the period, and provides in-depth country studies of the transition economies, covering Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania and the impact of war on transition in Angola and Mozambique. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

An authoritative assessment of the reform efforts in African economies during the 1980s and early 1990s, with the focus on economic liberalization in those socialist countries which began from a position of pervasive state intervention. A companion theoretical volume (0-333-66545-7) examines the changing role of the state during the period of transition. This volume examines the important debate on agricultural reforms in the period, and provides in-depth country studies of the transition economies, covering Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania and the impact of war on transition in Angola and Mozambique. These books are the first in an important new series in association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 The Changing Role of the State in Formerly-Socialist Economies of Africa....Pages 11-65 Government in Africa’s Emerging Market Economies....Pages 66-92 The Macroeconomics of the Transition from African Socialism....Pages 93-168 Exchange Rate Management in Liberalising African Economies....Pages 169-192 The Impact of Liberalisation on Private Investment....Pages 193-226 Front Matter....Pages 227-227 Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results, Prospects, and New Approaches....Pages 229-289 Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues in Regulation and the Macroeconomics of Transition....Pages 290-325 Back Matter....Pages 326-342