African Economic Development
Cooperation, Ownership and Leadership

Examines the history of economic development in African society after the gaining of independence, identifying the obstacles which stand in the way of the emergence of a healthy economic development environment. This book identifies the problem areas African citizenry must address.

This book identifies the problem areas African citizenry must address, namely: mobilizing domestic demand for good economic policy environment; strengthening cooperation, including bringing the state back in, to speed up the development process; ensuring country ownership in policymaking; reducing ethnicity; reducing government corruption, especially at the highest levels; improving political leadership; developing coherent strategies to face the globalization challenge; and accelerating progress toward rational regional economic integration.

Foreword by Dr. Afeikhena Theo Jerome
Acknowledgments
Chapters
Introduction
Domestic Demand for Good Economic Policy Environment
The State, Cooperation, and the Development Process
Country Ownership, Conditionality, and Economic Policymaking
Ethnicity
Government Corruption
Political Leadership
Facing the Globalization Challenge
Regional Economic Integration
Conclusion
References
Index - Author
Index - Subject.