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Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Peter Lawrence

    1. Keele University, UK

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  2. Colin Thirtle

    1. Imperial College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Comparing African and Asian Economic Development

    1. Comparing African and Asian Economic Development

      • Peter Lawrence, Colin Thirtle
      Pages 1-8

  4. African and Asian Development Comparisons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Regionalism: Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia Compared

      • Colin Kirkpatrick, Gareth Api Richards, Matsuo Watanabe
      Pages 103-127

    3. Explaining Differences in the Economic Performance of Micro-States in Africa and Asia

      • Harvey W. Armstrong, Robert Read
      Pages 128-157

    4. Child Activities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: a Comparative Analysis

      • Sonia Bhalotra, Christopher Heady
      Pages 158-184

    5. The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture

      • Raul Hopkins, Bilge Nomer
      Pages 185-201

    6. The Demand for Money in Selected SADC Countries: Structure, Policy and a Comparison with the ASEAN Countries

      • Raghbendra Jha, Mridul Saggar
      Pages 202-220

    7. Credit to the Government: Central Bank Operation and its Relation to Growth

      • Shaikh S. Ahmed
      Pages 221-239

  5. Convergence or Divergence?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Convergence or Divergence in and between Developing Regions?

      • Harald V. Proff
      Pages 243-257

    3. Productivity Growth and Convergence in Asian and African Agriculture

      • Kecuk Suhariyanto, Angela Lusigi, Colin Thirtle
      Pages 258-273

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 274-299
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About this book

This invaluable collection compares the relatively unsuccessful economic development of Subsaharan Africa with that of the successful Asian economies, especially the Asian 'tigers'. It covers three main areas of comparison: the lessons for Africa from the Asian experience; secondly, the comparisons of various aspects of economic development in Africa and Asia; and finally, convergence: how far the laggard economies are catching up with, or diverging away from, each other.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Keele University, UK

    Peter Lawrence

  • Imperial College, University of London, UK

    Colin Thirtle

About the editors

SHAIKH S. AHMED Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, HARVEY ARMSTRONG Professor of Economic Geography, University of Sheffield, SONIA BHALOTRA Fellow of Newnham College, Senior Research Officer, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge and Lecturer in Economics, University of Bristol, ANNE BOOTH Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, CHRISTOPHER HEADY Professor of Applied Economics, University of Bath RAUL HOPKINS Lecturer in Economics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, RAGHBENDRA JHA Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, COLIN KIRKPATRICK Director and Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK ANGELA LUSIGI Consultant with IFAD, Rome, MARK McGILLIVRAY Associate Professor of International Development, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and Fellow, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, OLIVER MORRISSEY Director, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) and Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Nottingham BILGE NOMER Lecturer in Economics, Marmara University, Turkey, HARALD PROFF Assistant Professor, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, ROBERT READ Lecturer in International Economics, University of Lancaster, GARETH API RICHARDS Hallsworth Junior Research Fellow, Department of Government, University of Manchester, MRIDUL K. SAGGAR Ph.D. candidate, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, PETER SMITH Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Southampton, KECUK SUHARIYANTO Researcher, Central Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia and Lecturer, Academy of Statistics, Indonesia, MATSUO WATANABE Ph.D. candidate in Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

  • Editors: Peter Lawrence, Colin Thirtle

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403905406

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-79029-8Published: 14 May 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41881-7Published: 01 January 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-0540-6Published: 14 May 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 299

  • Topics: Development Economics, International Political Economy

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