• ISBN13: 9780198705437
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 688
• Original Price: 40.99 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1271 grams

About the Book Africa is a diverse continent. But is there a pattern to the diversity? Are there commonalities across the countries? And what does economics tell us about the diversity and the commonalities? The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa</em> is a definitive and comprehensive account of the key issues and topics affecting Africa's ability to grow and develop. It includes 53 thematic and 48 country perspectives by a veritable who's who of more than 100 leading economic analysts of Africa. The contributors include: bright new African researchers based in Africa; renowned academics from the top Universities in Africa, Europe and North America; present and past Chief Economists of the African Development Bank; present and past Chief Economists for Africa of the World Bank; present and past Chief Economists of the World Bank; African Central Bank governors and finance ministers; and four Nobel Laureates in Economics.<br>