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Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa : interdisciplinary perspectives /
There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians, anthropologists and political scientists as well as development economists, this book questions whether ethnicity is the most useful organising principle by which to examine the economic development of Africa, arguing that it is a more fluid and contingent concept than economic models allow. Instead, the authors explore the actual experience of ethnicity in Africa and propose new methods of measuring ethnic diversity and inequalities. Finally some tentative conclusions are reached regarding appropriate policy reforms. |
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| Notas: | "This book is a product of a research project entitled 'Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa: policies for harmonious development', which was organised and funded jointly by the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) and Kobe University Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB)." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139526487 1139526480 9781139198998 1139198998 1107236452 9781107236455 1139540467 9781139540469 1283522276 9781283522274 1139527681 9781139527682 9786613834720 6613834726 1139532340 9781139532341 1139531158 9781139531153 1139528874 9781139528870 |