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African economies and the politics of permanent crisis, 1979-1999

This title explains why African countries have remained mired in a disastrous economic crisis since the late 1970s. It shows that dynamics internal to African state structures, rather than external pressures, largely explain this failure
Print Book, English, 2001
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001
xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm.
9780521803649, 9780521008365, 0521803640, 0521008360
48177293
Introduction. The structural adjustment debate outline of the argument. 1. Approaches to Africa's permanent crisis
2. Patterns in reform implementation, 1979-1999
3. Decision making in postcolonial Africa
4. State responses to the permanent crisis
5. The crisis and foreign aid
6. Democratization and the prospects for change
7. Conclusion