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Constraints on the Success of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Africa

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Charles Harvey

    1. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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This book reports why orthodox structural adjustment measures do not have the expected results in Africa. Orthodox measures may be necessary but are frequently not sufficient because of structural factors, some peculiar to individual countries, some found more widely. Six chapters report on extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; three chapters compare countries in Africa (recovery from disaster, labour markets, new financial markets) and one makes comparisons with Asia and Latin America of employment policies.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Charles Harvey
    Pages 1-6

  3. Interest Rate Liberalisation and the Allocative Efficiency of Credit: Some Evidence from Small and Medium Scale Industry in Kenya

    • Peninah Kariuki
    Pages 7-28

  4. The Structural Adjustment Implications of Real Exchange Rate Depreciation on the Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe

    • Joseph Muzulu
    Pages 29-51

  5. The Impact of Economic Stabilisation on the Wage Structure in Zimbabwe: 1980–90

    • Godfrey Kanyenze
    Pages 52-75

  6. Liberalisation of Maize Marketing in the Arusha Region in Tanzania

    • Willy Parsalaw
    Pages 76-99

  7. Structural Adjustment, Labour Markets and Employment Policy

    • John Toye
    Pages 100-129

  8. Constraints on Sustained Recovery from Economic Disaster in Africa

    • Charles Harvey
    Pages 130-151

  9. Constraints on the Effectiveness of Structural Adjustment Packages in the Production and Availability of Pharmaceutical Products in Kenya

    • Pius Owino
    Pages 152-173

  10. What Role for Stock Exchanges, Venture Capital and Leasing Companies in Developing the Private Sector in Africa?

    • Mike Faber
    Pages 174-191

  11. Economic Crisis, Adjustment and the Effectiveness of the Public Sector in Zambia

    • Dennis Chiwele, Christopher Colclough
    Pages 192-209

  12. Economic Adjustment, the Mining Sector and the Real Wage in Zambia

    • Dennis Chiwele
    Pages 210-233

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 235-248
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Charles Harvey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Constraints on the Success of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Africa

  • Editors: Charles Harvey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24373-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Charles Harvey 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-64293-1Published: 26 November 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24373-0Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 248

  • Topics: Development Economics

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