The Political Economy of Post-Adjustment
Subtitle: Towards New Theories and Strategies of Development (Making of Modern Africa)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780754618959
Subjects: Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Politics/International Relations; Economics - Macroeconomics; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Structural adjustment (Economi; Africa; Development economics; Economic conditions; General; Developing countries
First sentence: Development economics, which appeared at the end of World War II, was concerned with the study of 'backward' economies that had, according to these pioneers, certain specific characteristics that distinguished them from the economies of developed countries and that justified the creation of a new discipline.