Comparative Development Experiences of Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia
Subtitle: An Institutional Approach (Economics)
Contributors: Machiko Nissanke (Editor); Ernest Aryeetey (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780754636472
Subjects: Economic development; East Asia; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Economics - Comparative; Business/Economics; Economic policy; Economic Conditions; ASIA; Africa; Development economics; Development studies; East Asia, Far East; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Case studies
First sentence: Before the Asian crisis of 1997/98, it was commonplace to juxtapose the dismal growth performance of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies against the rapid and sustained growth record of the East Asian economies, as the growth performances of the two regions began to diverge markedly in the 1970s.