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Economic Diversification and Growth in Africa

Critical Policy Making Issues

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Authors:
  1. Omotunde E. G. Johnson

    1. International Monetary Fund Retiree, Independent Researcher, USA

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  • Puts forward a policy making approach for economic growth and diversification in African countries

  • Develops a coherent framework for formulating policies in specific industries such as finance and agriculture

  • Includes discussion of domestic resource mobilization, aid dependence and export diversification

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Omotunde E. G. Johnson
    Pages 1-4

  3. Toward Analytic Coherence in Assessing Economic Development Policy Making: Special Reference to African Countries

    • Omotunde E. G. Johnson
    Pages 5-31

  4. Building Capacity for Domestic Resource Mobilization in African Countries

    • Omotunde E. G. Johnson
    Pages 33-54

  5. Regional Economic Integration in Africa and Intra-Regional Trade

    • Omotunde E. G. Johnson
    Pages 55-83

  6. The Export Challenges for African Countries

    • Omotunde E. G. Johnson
    Pages 85-129
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About this book

This book presents a coherent framework for assessing economic policy making in developing countries, with special reference to those in Africa. The chapters focus on policy making issues in three critical areas that are of major importance in the African context: capacity building for domestic resource mobilization; regional integration in Africa and intra-regional trade; and export diversification of individual African countries. Although applying economic theory as well as using case studies and empirical evidence from the economics literature, the book is written in a way that makes the core ideas accessible even to readers without advanced knowledge of the technical economics involved.


Economic Diversification and Growth in Africa is a timely study which demonstrates how developing countries in Africa can improve their policy making strategies to diversify their economies and accelerate economic development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • International Monetary Fund Retiree, Independent Researcher, USA

    Omotunde E. G. Johnson

About the author

Omotunde E. G. Johnson received his PhD in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, in 1970. He has taught at universities including the University of Sierra Leone and the University of Michigan, USA, and was International Monetary Fund staff member for more than 25 years. He was Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of African Economies and Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK. He has published many articles in academic journals, including the Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, World Development, Kyklos, Journal of Policy Reform, and International Monetary Fund Staff Papers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Diversification and Growth in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Policy Making Issues

  • Authors: Omotunde E. G. Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30849-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30848-7Published: 28 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80899-4Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30849-4Published: 18 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 129

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Development Economics

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