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  • Beating the Odds

    Jump-Starting Developing Countries

    by Célestin Monga, Justin Yifu Lin ...
    How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds, two of the world's ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Nihilism and Negritude

    Ways of Living in Africa

    by Célestin Monga ...
    Translated by Madeleine Velguth ...
    “A terrific meditation on contemporary African modernity, conceived through a series of essays that reflect on the practices of everyday life.” ―Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York UniversityThere are two common ways of writing about Africa, says Célestin Monga. One way blames Africa’s ills on the continent’s history of exploitation and oppression. The other way blames Africans themselves for failing ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Nihilism and Negritude

    Ways of Living in Africa

    by Célestin Monga ...
    Translated by Madeleine Velguth ...
    “A terrific meditation on contemporary African modernity, conceived through a series of essays that reflect on the practices of everyday life.” ―Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York UniversityThere are two common ways of writing about Africa, says Célestin Monga. One way blames Africa’s ills on the continent’s history of exploitation and oppression. The other way blames Africans themselves for failing ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Light Manufacturing in Tanzania

    A Reform Agenda for Job Creation and Prosperity

    by Hinh T. Dinh, Celestin Monga ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Private Sector Development
    Light Manufacturing in Tanzania argues that for Tanzania to remain one of the fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, it has to make progress in the structural transformation that can lift workers from low-productivity agriculture and the informal sector to higher productivity activities. Manufacturing, which has been the main vehicle throughout the world to achieve this transformation, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon

    Edited by Célestin Monga ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Cameroon's suboptimal economic experience since independence (1960) sheds light on broader issues of Africa's development narrative, and provides valuable economic and policy knowledge. While Cameroon's large informal economy is diverse and resilient and rooted in old business traditions, its formal economy has exhibited low productivity and employment growth for over 60 years. This has brought ... Read more

    $154.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation

    Edited by Célestin Monga, Justin Yifu Lin ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation addresses the economics of structural transformation around the world. It deals with major themes, which include history and context, critical issues and concepts, methodological foundations, main theoretical approaches, policy issues, some illuminating country experiences of structural transformation, and important debates on the respective roles ... Read more

    $151.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa

    Beyond the Margins

    by Wale Adebanwi, Jane Guyer, John and Jean Comaroff, Maxim Bolt, Michael J. Watts, Peter L Geschiere, Sara S. Berry, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Tristan Oestermann, Adigun Agbaje0, Anne-Maria Makhulu1, Celestin Monga2, David Pratten3, Elisha Elisha Renne4, Frederick Cooper5, Gbemisola Animasawun6, James Ferguson7 ...
    What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors - experts in anthropology, history, political science, economics, conflict and peace studies, philosophy and language - examine the opportunities and constraints placed on living, livelihoods and sustainable life on the continent. Reflecting on ... Read more

    $17.99 USD