The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa 1960-2000 Set

The period from 1960 to 2000 was one of remarkable growth and transformation in the world economy.

Why did most of Sub-Saharan Africa fail to develop over this period?

Why did a few small African economies succeed spectacularly?

The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000 is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive assessment of Africa's post-independence economic performance to date.

Volume 1 examines the impact of resource wealth and geographical remoteness on Africa's growth and develops a new dataset of governance regimes covering all of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Volume 2 supports and extends this analysis by providing twenty-six case studies of individual African economies.

Eighteen of the case studies are contained in the book and a further eight are included on an accompanying CD-ROM.

This is an invaluable resource for researchers and policy-makers concerned with the economic development of Africa.