Understanding Economic Reforms in Africa

This book examines the impetuses for, and the features and outcomes of, economic reforms in Africa, using the case studies of seven countries to address three main issues: (a) Why do countries embark on economic reforms? (b) What are the features of the reforms undertaken in the various African countries? (c) How well did the reforms perform?

ROSE AIKO Research Economist, Bank of Tanzania, Tanzania HAIDARI K. R. AMANI Professor of Economics and Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania GODFREY ASIIMWE Lecturer in History and Development Studies, Makerere University, Uganda BRAHIM ELMORCHID Professor of Economics, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco KWAME FREMPAH-YEBOAH Development Practitioner, Ministry of Works and Housing, Ghana DAVID KIBIKYO Fellow, Centre for Basic Research (CBR), Uganda and PhD Candidate, Roskilde University, Denmark JULIUS KIIZA Lecturer in Political Economy of Development and Policy Analysis, Makerere University, Uganda PHYLLIS MAKAU Senior Economist, Kenyan Ministry of Finance, Kenya BRAHIM MANSOURI Professor of Economics and Director, Group on Research in Economics and Finance (GREF), Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco BERNARD MUFUTE Manager, Economic Research and Policy Intervention, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, Zimbabwe CHARLES MUJAJATI Director for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Development, Zimbabwe TAKAWIRA MUMVUMA Lecturer in Development Economics, Social Economic and Industrial Economics, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe FLORIBERT NGARUKO African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Zimbabwe ROSE NGUGI Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Nairobi and Policy Analyst and Head of Private Sector Development Division, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya JANVIER D. NKURUNZIZA United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, Ethiopia ROGER OPPONG-KORANTENG Senior Consultant, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Ghana S. MOHAMED RIGAR Professor of Management, Faculty of Law and Economics, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco DENNIS RWEYEMAMU Research Economist, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania GODWILL G. WANGA Senior Research Associate, Daima Associates Limited, Tanzania SAMUEL M. WANGWE Professor of Development Studies and Principle Research Associate, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania MAUREEN WERE Assistant Policy Analyst, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya MUSTAPHA ZIKY Professor of Economics, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco