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Governance for Structural Transformation in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Adam B. Elhiraika

    1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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  2. Gamal Ibrahim

    1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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  3. William Davis

    1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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  • Addresses the main challenges that face Africa in terms of economic development

  • Focuses on the importance of institutional effectiveness, combined with robust economic management and governance

  • Considers the necessary structural transformations required for Africa's economic growth

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Overview

    • Adam B. Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim, William Davis
    Pages 1-10

  4. Sub-Regional Perspectives on Structural Change

    • Pedro M. G. Martins
    Pages 37-99

  5. Economic Regulation and Employment Intensity of Output Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Abidemi C. Adegboye, Monday I. Egharevba, Joel Edafe
    Pages 101-143

  8. Exploring Multidimensional Fiscal Incentives and Firms’ Productivity in a Developing Country

    • Rapuluchukwu Efobi Uchenna, Belmondo Tanankem Voufo, Beecroft Ibukun
    Pages 221-249

  9. Food and Agriculture Global Value Chains: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Jean Balié, Davide Del Prete, Emiliano Magrini, Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci
    Pages 251-276

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 315-317
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About this book

This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation (understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better support inclusive development), which history has shown to be key to sustained, inclusive growth. The book begins with a review of the existing literature on the links between governance and structural transformation and the success or otherwise of various sub regions in achieving structural transformation. It continues with a range of contributors addressing original empirical research on the relationships between different approaches to institutions and trade and industrial policies and structural transformation in Africa. The book makes recommendations for a new approach to governance in Africa that can deliver the structural transformation that the continent needs for Africans to enjoy shared prosperity, poverty reduction and development.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Adam B. Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim, William Davis

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About the editors

Dr Adam Elhiraika is Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). His areas of work include macroeconomic policy, development planning, economic governance and finance. Before joining ECA, he taught economics at several universities and worked for the Islamic Development Bank as a research economist. He has published extensively in internationally refereed journals and books. 


Dr Gamal Ibrahim is Chief of the Finance and Private Sector Section of the Macroeconomic Policy Division  of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Dr. Ibrahim has published widely in books and leading economics Journals. His main field of specialization is institutional economics with a particular emphasis on economic governance, finance for development, illicit financial flows and private sector development


William Davis is Economic Affairs Officer with the Macroeconomic Policy Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Governance for Structural Transformation in Africa

  • Editors: Adam B. Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim, William Davis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03964-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03963-9Published: 22 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03964-6Published: 13 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 317

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: African Economics, Economic Policy, Economic Growth, Development Economics

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