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The most important public policy issues facing African countries today is how to restart and sustain economic growth and development. This volume tackles this critical issue and seeks to provide policymakers with viable options for dealing, in a more effective and sustainable way, with wealth creation. It contains a refreshing, rigorous, informative and multidisciplinary analysis of economic growth and poverty alleviation in Africa, with special reference to Kenya. The work: emphasizes the importance of laws and institutions with good public policies for sustainable growth and development; illustrates the failure of many post-independence governments to provide an environment conducive to entrepreneurship; and proves that reforms are important for restarting and sustaining economic growth and development.
Contents
Institutions and economic growth, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku; Kenya macroeconomic management, Njuguna S. Ndung'u; Export platforms in Kenya, Graham Glenday and David Ndii; Trade liberalization and economic growth in Kenya, Graham Glenday and T.C.I. Ryan; Analysis of liberalization of the trade and exchange regime in Kenya since 1980, Mbui Wagacha; Revitalizing agricultural productivity in Kenya, H.O. Nyangito, G. Argwings-Kodhek, J. Omiti and J. Nyoro; The productivity and competitiveness of the Kenyan economy - a survey of selected literature, Aidan Eyakuze; Policy reforms, competitiveness and prospects of Kenya's manufacturing industries, 1984 - 1997, and comparisons with Uganda, E. Siggel, G.K. Ikiara and B. Nganda.
