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This is the edited diary of one of the first Western economists to serve as an adviser in the government of an independent African country. It gives a brutally frank appraisal of Nigeria's then political leaders and the economists, local and foreign, who sought to shape the country's development policies and to write its first Five-Year Development Plan. It anticipates many of the problems that afflicted Nigeria from the mid 1960s on, highlighting statist interference in the economy, corruption and the waste of development resources.
Contents
Cast of characters; July 17-30, 1960 Arrival in Nigeriaimpressions, first tour in the countryside; August 2-17, 1960 First tour of the three Regions; August 18 - September 11, 1960 Visit to Benin, completion of first tour in Nigeria; February 1 - March 8, 1961 Second tour begins: consultations at FAO/Rome, first meeting of Joint Planning Committee (JPC) under Chairman (Prime Minister's economic adviser) Prasad, grubbing for planning data, Gov. "Soapy" William's visit; March 9 - April 16, 1961 Preparing first paper for the JPC, first clashes with Prasad, initial estimates of Five-Year Plan magnitudes, analysis of selected public investments, Ford Foundation team attacked in Parliament; April 17 - June 6, 1961 Rivkin mission on U.S. aid for Nigeria's Plan, JPC, trips to Eastern and Western Regions; June 12 - July 24, 1961 Federal investment program, World Bank mission, managing the Ford team, malaria, preparing introductory Plan paper for JPC and National Economic Council (NEC); July 24 - August 29, 1961 New minister (Waziri Ibrahim), macroeconomic policy, consultations with World Bank and IMF missions, JPC discusses Stolper's paper, German white elephant factories in Eastern Nigeria; August 30 - September 22, 1961 Visit to Kano, Maidugari, Lake Chad, Plan drafting begins, Regions pressed to submit their investment proposals; September 24 - November 6, 1961 Rivkin mission returns, negotiations with Regions, "irresponsible" Eastern Region Plan, new permanent secretary (Godfrey Lardner), JPC discusses Plan memo; November 7 - December 13, 1961 Efforts to trim investment programs, possible stretch to six years, JPC discusses Plan outline; January 21 - March 3, 1962 Cabinet debates program cuts, tensions in Ford team, corruption, integrated Plan versus four separate Plans, Stolper atttends NEC meeting in Ibadan; March 5 - April 26, 1962 Visit to Eastern Region, trip to Cameroon, Ford team's future, AID queries about Plan assumptions, Parliamentary debate and vote on the Plan; April 27 - June 3, 1962 Nigerian Economic Society meeting, Israelis promote farm settlements, visit to Jos tin mines and other Eastern Region sites, Stolper offered a job in Malta, visit to Ghana, clash with Prasad peaks, Stolper insists on coherent macroeconomic framework, disputes about projected underspending, Plan completed; Postscript 1999.
