Economic Transition in Guinea
Subtitle: Implications for Growth and Poverty (Cornell Food & Nutrition Policy Program Book)
Contributors: Jehan Arulpragasam (Editor)
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: November 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780814706640
Subjects: Development economics; Macroeconomics; Economic conditions; Poverty; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Guinea; Development - Economic Development; GUINEA_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; Political Science / General; 1984-; Economic Policy
Description: Culling data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations, and numerous interviews and previously unpublished government data, Jehan Arulpragasam and David E. Sahn here present an overview of the Guinean economy and its evolution - from independence, through crisis, to reformand model the implications of these changes for economic performance and living standards of the poor.

Highlighting the chasm between theory and practice, between well-intentioned program and problematic implementation, the authors reveal how Guinea both parallels and contradicts past experiences of economic reform in Africa. Most notably, reform in Guinea has been hindered by the weighty administrative, managerial, and logistical demands of undertaking a vast battery of economic adjustments, all in one fell swoop.

The most detailed and informative study of the Guinean economy to date, Economic Transition in Guinea illustrates not only the successes of the nation's reform agenda, but also the fundamental constraints to development that often lie beyond the reach of such reform.