Table of Contents

Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin: Introduction: Africa's Evolving Policy Frameworks
Part I: The Macroeconomics of Growth and Structural Transformation
1: Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Eric Kehinde Ogunleye: African Growth Strategies: The Past, Present and Future
2: Margaret McMillan and Kenneth Harttgen: Africa's Quiet Revolution
3: Andrew Berg, Stephen O'Connell, Catherine Pattillo, Rafael Portillo, and D. Filiz Unsal: Monetary Policy Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
4: Paul Masson, Xavier Debrun, and Catherine Pattillo: The Future of African Monetary Geography
5: Jean-Claude Tchatchouang: The CFA Franc: A Biography
6: Benno Ndulu and Joseph Leina Masawe: Challenges of Central Banking in Africa
7: Willi Leibfritz: Fiscal Policy in Africa
8: Marcelo Giugale and Mark Roland Thomas: African Debt and Debt Relief
9: Léonce Ndikumana: Savings, Capital Flight, and African Development
10: Jaime de Melo and Yvonne Tsikata: Regional Integration in Africa
11: Ibrahim Elbadawi and Nadir Mohammed: Natural Resources: Utilizing the Precious Boon
12: John Page: Rediscovering Structural Change: Manufacturing, Natural Resources and Industrialization
13: Keun Lee and Calestous Juma: Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Development in Africa
Part II: Microeconomic and Sectoral Issues
14: Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place: Land Tenure and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa
15: Ousmane Badiane and Tsitsi Makombe: Agriculture, Growth, and Development in Africa: Theory and Practice
16: Frannie A. Léautier: Capacity Development for Transformation
17: Michael Kevane: Gold Mining and Economic and Social Change in West Africa
18: Jenny Aker and Joshua Blumenstock: The Economic Impacts of New Technologies in Africa
19: Jean-Jacques Dethier: Infrastructure in Africa
20: Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Leora Klapper, and Peter Van Oudheusden: Financial Inclusion in Africa : Obstacles and Opportunities
21: Kalu Ojah and Odongo Kodongo: Financial Markets Development in Africa
22: Wafik Grais: Islamic Finance in North Africa
23: Ioannis Kessides: Regulatory Reform for Closing Africa's Competitiveness Gap
Part III: Institutional and Social Economics
24: Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere: School Enrolment, Attainment, and Returns to Education in Africa
25: Yaw Nyarko: Mobility, Human Capital, Remittances, and Economic Transformation
26: Germano Mwabu: Health, Growth, and Development in Africa
27: Jean-Claude Berthelemy and Josselin Thuilliez: The Economics of Malaria
28: Ragui Assaad, and Caroline Krafft: An Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Marriage in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
29: Sophie Bessis: Economics, Women, and Gender: The African Story
30: Stephanie Seguino and Maureen Were: Gender, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
31: Mina Baliamoune: Gender Economics in North Africa
32: Julia Cage: The Economics of the African Media
Part IV: Old and New Development Players
33: Chris Elbers and Jan Willem Gunning: What Do Development NGOs Achieve?
34: Haroon Bhorat, Karmen Naidoo, and Derek Yu: Trade Unions in South Africa
35: Ernest Aryeetey: African Development Banks: Lessons for Development Economics
36: Hamed El-Said: The Political Economy of Aid in North Africa
37: Finn Tarp, Tony Addison, and Saurabh Singhal: Aid to Africa: The Changing Context
38: Christian Nsiah-Baldwin Wallace University and Bichaka Fayisssa: Remittances to Africa and Economics
39: John Anyanwu: Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Lessons for Economics
40: Mwanza Nkusu and Malokele Nanivazo: International Capital Flows to Africa
41: Emmanuel Akyeampong and Liang Xu: The Three Phases/Faces of China in Independent Africa
42: Peter Quartey and Gloria Afful-Mensah: Aid to Africa: merging Trends and Issues
43: Justin Yifu Lin and Yan Wang: China-Africa Cooperation in Structural Transformation
Part V: Looking Forward
44: Justin Yifu Lin: China's Rise and Structural Transformation in Africa: Ideas and Opportunities
45: Akbar Noman and Joseph Stiglitz: Economics and Policy: Some Lessons from Africa's Experience
46: Kaushik Basu and Alaka Basu: The Prospects for an Imminent Demographic Dividend in Africa: The Case for Cautious Optimism
47: Jeffrey Sachs: Africa's Demographic Transition and Economic Prospects

About the Author

Célestin Monga is Managing Director at the United a Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He previously worked as senior advisor and program director at the World Bank and has held various board and senior positions in academia and financial services. A graduate of MIT, Harvard, and the universities of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Bordeaux and Pau, Dr Monga was the Economics editor for the 5-volume New Encyclopedia of Africa (Charles
Scribner's, 2007). His published works have been translated into multiple languages. Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and professor and honorary dean of the National School of Development at Peking
University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of
Sciences for Developing World.