Yes Africa can
Subtitle: success stories from a dynamic continent
By: editors: Punam Chuhan-Pole, Manka Angwafo
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9780821387450; 9780821387467
Subjects: Economic policy; Social conditions; Politics and government; Economic conditions
Description: Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tanzania: growth acceleration and increased public spending with macro stability / David O. Robinson, Matthew Gaertner, and Chris Papageorgiou; title: Economic growth & performance in Uganda: the importance of sustained reform / Sarah Ssewanyana, John Mary Matovu and Evarist Twimukye; title: Growth & economic transformation in Mozambique / Antonio Nucifora; title: Botswana success: good governance, good polices and good luck / Michael Lewin; title: Mauritius: an economic success story / Ali Zafar; title: Burkina-Faso: strengthening the cotton sector and preparing for balanced growth / Jonathan Kaminski; title: Post-conflict economic governance reform: the experience of Liberia / Vishal Gujadhur; title: Decentralization in post-conflict Sierra Leone: is the genie out of the bottle? / Vivek Srivastava and Marco Larizza; title: A state is born: transport infrastructure and democracy in Somaliland / Jean-Paul Azam; title: Growing Mali's mango exports: linking farmers to markets through innovations in the value chain / Yéyandé Sangho, Patrick Labaste, and Christophe Ravry; title: Economic liberalization in Rwanda's coffee sector: a better brew for success / Karol Boudreaux; title: Cocoa in Ghana: shaping the success of an economy / Shashi Kolavalli and Marcella Vigneri; title: Apparel exports in Lesotho: the state's role in building critical mass for competitiveness / Malika Shakya; title: The success of tourism in Rwanda: gorillas and more / Hannah Nielsen and Anna Spenceley; title: Moneymaker pumps: creating wealth in sub-Saharan Africa / I. V. Sijali and M. G. Mwago; title: The Nerica success story: development, achievements and lessons learned / Aliou Diagne, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi, Marco Wopereis, and Inoussa Akintayo; title: Fertilizer in Kenya: factors driving the increase in usage by smallholder farmers / Joshua Ariga and T. S. Jayne; title: The Malawi agricultural inputs subsidy program: experience over 2005-09 / Andrew Dorward, Ephraim Chirwa, T. S. Jayne; title: ICT in sub-Saharan Africa: success stories / Kaoru Kimura, Duncan Wambogo Omole, and Mark Williams; title: Mobile payments go viral: M-PESA in Kenya / Ignacio Mas and Dan Radcliffe; title: IPPs in sub-Saharan Africa: determinants of success / Anton Eberhard and Katharine Nawal Gratwick; title: Innovative financing for health in Rwanda: a report of successful reforms / Sekabaraga C., Soucat A., Diop F., Martin G; title: Family planning trends in sub-saharan africa: progress, prospects, and lessons learned / Mona Sharan, Saifuddin Ahmed, John May, Agnes Soucat; title: Health extension workers in Ethiopia: improved access and coverage for the rural poor / Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, Christopher H. Herbst, Feng Zhao, Agnes Soucat, and Christophe Lemiere; title: Africa did! the malaria control success story (2005-2010) / Anne-Maryse Pierre-Louis, Jumana Qamruddin, Isabel Espinosa, and Shilpa Challa; title: Achieving universal primary education through school fee abolition: policy lessons from Uganda / B. Essama-Nssah.