The Resource Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
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- Summary
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- Reframes the debate about Africa's growth or lack thereof, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history
- For the first time in generations, Africa is spoken of these days with enthusiastic hope: no longer seen as a hopeless morass of poverty, the continent instead is described as “Africa Rising,” a land of enormous economic potential that is just beginning to be tapped. With Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Morten Jerven offers a bracing corrective. Neither story, he shows, is accurate. In truth, most African economies have been growing rapidly since the 1990s--and, until a collapse in the ’70s and ’80s, they had been growing reliably for decades. Puncturing weak analysis that relies too much on those two lost decades, Jerven redraws our picture of Africa’s past, present, and potential.--Publisher website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Contents
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- Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa
- Trapped in history?
- African growth recurring
- Africa's statistical tragedy?
- Isbn
- 9781783601325
- Label
- Africa : why economists get it wrong
- Title
- Africa
- Title remainder
- why economists get it wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- Morten Jerven
- Subject
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- Africa -- Economic policy -- 20th century
- Afrika
- Afrique
- Conditions économiques
- Croissance économique
- Développement économique
- Economic development
- Economic development -- Africa -- 20th century
- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Economics
- Economics -- Africa
- Ekonomisk historia
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Ekonomiska förhållanden
- Histoire économique
- Nationalekonomi
- Since 1900
- Africa
- Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Reframes the debate about Africa's growth or lack thereof, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history
- For the first time in generations, Africa is spoken of these days with enthusiastic hope: no longer seen as a hopeless morass of poverty, the continent instead is described as “Africa Rising,” a land of enormous economic potential that is just beginning to be tapped. With Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Morten Jerven offers a bracing corrective. Neither story, he shows, is accurate. In truth, most African economies have been growing rapidly since the 1990s--and, until a collapse in the ’70s and ’80s, they had been growing reliably for decades. Puncturing weak analysis that relies too much on those two lost decades, Jerven redraws our picture of Africa’s past, present, and potential.--Publisher website
- Cataloging source
- DOS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jerven, Morten
- Dewey number
- 330.9/6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC800
- LC item number
- .J45 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- International African Institute
- Royal African Society
- World Peace Foundation
- Series statement
- African arguments
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Africa
- Africa
- Economic development
- Economics
- Développement économique
- Conditions économiques
- Croissance économique
- Histoire économique
- Afrique
- Ekonomiska förhållanden
- Ekonomisk historia
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Nationalekonomi
- Afrika
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Economics
- Africa
- Label
- Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa -- Trapped in history? -- African growth recurring -- Africa's statistical tragedy?
- Control code
- ocn913881793
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783601325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781783601325
- (OCoLC)913881793
- Label
- Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa -- Trapped in history? -- African growth recurring -- Africa's statistical tragedy?
- Control code
- ocn913881793
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783601325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781783601325
- (OCoLC)913881793
Subject
- Africa -- Economic policy -- 20th century
- Afrika
- Afrique
- Conditions économiques
- Croissance économique
- Développement économique
- Economic development
- Economic development -- Africa -- 20th century
- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Economics
- Economics -- Africa
- Ekonomisk historia
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Ekonomiska förhållanden
- Histoire économique
- Nationalekonomi
- Since 1900
- Africa
- Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
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