The African debt crisis /

Assessing both the macro- and micro-economic levels of the contemporary African Debt Crisis, this book, first published in 1989, begins by looking at the origins of the world debt crisis, and then looks closely at the problem as it affects Sub-Saharan Africa. The effects of debt on Africa's pos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parfitt, Trevor W., 1954-
Other Authors: Riley, Stephen P., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, 2011, ©1989.
Series:Routledge library editions. Development ; volume 16.
Subjects:
Debts, Public > Africa.
Debts, External > Africa.
Dettes publiques > Afrique.
Dettes extérieures > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Debts, External
Debts, Public
Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature of African debt
  • 2. The politics of external policy direction
  • 3. Nigeria : the circuitous path to stabilization?
  • 4. Zaire : debt in an absolutist kleptocracy
  • 5. Ghana : indebtedness, recovery, and the IMF, 1977-87
  • 6. Sierra Leone : debt and the fiscal crisis of the state
  • 7. External debt and francophone Africa : the effects of a special relationship
  • 8. Ways out of the debt trap
  • 9. Conclusion.

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