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African Economies in Transition

Volume 1: The Changing Role of the State

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Jo Ann Paulson

    1. Financial Sector Development Department, World Bank, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies on the African Economies Series (SAES)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jo Ann Paulson
      Pages 1-7

  3. The State in Macroeconomic Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Changing Role of the State in Formerly-Socialist Economies of Africa

      • Jo Ann Paulson, Michael Gavin
      Pages 11-65

    3. Government in Africa’s Emerging Market Economies

      • Edgardo Barandiaran
      Pages 66-92

    4. The Macroeconomics of the Transition from African Socialism

      • David L. Bevan, Paul Collier
      Pages 93-168

    5. Exchange Rate Management in Liberalising African Economies

      • Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning
      Pages 169-192

    6. The Impact of Liberalisation on Private Investment

      • Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning
      Pages 193-226

  4. Public Enterprises and Privatisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results, Prospects, and New Approaches

      • Elliot Berg
      Pages 229-289

    3. Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues in Regulation and the Macroeconomics of Transition

      • Christopher S. Adam
      Pages 290-325

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 326-342
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Financial Sector Development Department, World Bank, USA

    Jo Ann Paulson

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CHRISTOPHER ADAM Lecturer in Development Economics and Research Associate, Centre for Study of African Economies, University of Oxford EDGARDO BARANDIARAN Principal Economist, African Region, World Bank ELLIOT BERG Consultant in African Studies, Development Alternatives Inc. DAVID BEVAN Fellow of St John's College and member of Centre for Study of African Economies, University of Oxford JAN WILLEM GUNNING Professor Economics, Free University, Amsterdam

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