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Bibliography of the Topic of Globalization in East Asia and Africa

This bibliography is taken from the United Nations University research project on Asia and Africa in the Global Economy.

Akyuz, Y., Chang, H. and Kozul-Wright, R., 1997, New Perspectives on East Asian Development, UNCTAD discussion paper.

Aron, J., 1997, The Institutional Foundations of Growth, in Ellis, S. (ed.) Africa Now: People, Policies, Institutions, The Hague: DGIS.

Blackhurst R. and Lyakurwa, W., 1997, Markets and Market Access for African Exports, Paper presented at AERC workshop on Africa and the WTO, November 1997.

Borner, S., Brunetti, A. and Weder, B., 1995, Political Credibility and Economic Development.

Brunetti Aymo, Gregory Kisunko and Beatrice Weder (1997b): "Credibility of Rules and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Worldwide Survey of the Private Sector" (1997b), World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 1760, Washington DC: The World Bank

Campos, Jose Edgardo and Donald Lien (1994): "Institutions and the East Asian Miracle: Asymmetric Information, Rent-Seeking and the Deliberations Council", Policy Research Working Paper No. 1321, Washington DC: The World Bank

Chakravarty, S. and Singh, A., 1988, The Desirable Forms of Economic Openness in the South, Mimeo Helsinki: UNU/WIDER.

Chibber and Leechor, 1995, From Adjustment to Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: the Lessons from the East Asian Experience Applied to Ghana, Journal of African Economies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 83-114.

Coase, R.H., 1992, ‘The Institutional Structure of Production’, American Economic Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, 713-720.

Collier, P., 1991, "Africa’s external economic relations: 1960-1990", in African Affairs, Vol. 90 No 360, pp. 339-356.

Collier, P., 1995, "The marginalisation of Africa", International Labour Review, Vol. 134 No 4-5.

Collier, P., 1997, "Policy Commitment Arrangements for Africa: Implications for Aid, Trade and Investment Flows", Paper presented at AERC workshop on Africa and the WTO, November 1997.

Easterly, W. and Levine, R, (1995) Africa's Growth Tragedy: A Retrospective, August 1995, World Bank Working Paper 1503.

Evans, P., 1997, Transferable lessons? Pr-examining the Institutional Prerequisites of East Asian Economic Policies, Unpublished manuscript.

Harriss, J., 1997, Africa and Southeast Asian Development Since 1960, Keynote paper presented at the Collaborative Research Project on Comparative African and East Asian Development Experiences Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 1997.

Harrold, P., Jayawickrama, M. and Bhattasali, D., 1996, Practical Lessons for Africa from East Asia in Industrial and Trade Policies, World Bank Discussion Papers, Africa Technical Department Series, No. 310.

Hill, H., 199?, The Indonesian Economy since 1966: Southeast Asia's Emerging Giant, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Jomo, K.S., 1997, Southeast Asia’s Misunderstood Miracle, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Knack, Stephen and Philip Keefer (1995): "Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests Using Alternative Institutional Measures ", Economics and Politics 7, pp.207-227.

Nabli, M. and Nugent, J., 1989, "The new institutional economics and its applicability to development, " World Development, Vol. 17, No. 9.

Ng, F. and Yeats, A., 1997, "Open economies work better! Did Africa’s protectionist policies cause its marginalisation in world trade?" in World Development, Vol. 25, No 6, pp. 889-904.

Nissanke, M and Aryeetey, E., 1997, Comparative Institutional Analysis: Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia – Thematic Paper, Paper presented at the AERC conference on Comparative Development Experiences in Asia and Africa, October 1997.

North, D., 1990, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Oyejide, A., 1997, Costs and benefits of "special and differential" treatment for developing countries in GATT/WTO: an African perspective, Paper presented at AERC workshop on Africa and the WTO, November 1997.

Sachs, J. and Warner, A., 1995, Economic Reform and the Process of Global Integration, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Washington: Brookings Institution.

Sachs, J. and Warner, A., 1996, Sources of Slow Growth in African Economies, July 1996. 12 pp. Harvard University Occasional Papers.

Singh, A., 1994, Openness and the market friendly approach to development in World Development, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 1811-1823.

Stein, H. (ed.), 1994a, Asian Industrialisation and Africa: Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment, London: Macmillan.

Stein, H., 1994b, "Theories of institutions and economic reform in Africa," World Development, Vol. 22, No 12, pp. 889-904.

Wang Z., and Winters, A., 1997, Africa’s Role in Multilateral Trade Negotiations, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 1846.

Wangwe, S., (ed.), 1995, Exporting Africa. Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa, London and New York: Routledge.

Weder, Beatrice, 1997, Any Lessons from East Asia? A review of the literature on the East Asian Miracle, WWZ Discussion Paper No 77.

World Bank, 1993, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy, Washington DC: The World Bank.

World Bank, 1994, Adjustment in Africa: Reforms, Results, and the Road Ahead, Washington DC: The World Bank.

World Bank, 1997, World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World, Washington DC: The World Bank.

Appendix 1: GDP and Export Growth Rates (average 1990-96) a

Country

Equatorial Guinea

Uganda

Mozambique

Sudan

Mauritius

Lesotho

Botswana

Namibia

Ghana

Benin

Guinea

Mauritania

Guinea-Bissau

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Cape Verde

Nigeria

The Gambia

Malawi

Seychelles

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Mali

Swaziland

Kenya

Senegal

Côte d’Ivoire

Chad

Niger

São Tomé and Principe

Zimbabwe

Comoros

South Africa

Central African Republic

Madagascar

Republic of Congo

Zambia

Togo

Cameroon

Burundi

Angola

Sierra Leone

Democratic Republic of Congo

Rwanda

GDP

7.0

6.9

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.3

4.3

4.2

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.0

-1.0

-1.7

-2.6

-2.9

-3.2

-7.0

-8.7

 

Exports

0.0

11.8

9.0

0.0

5.5

3.2

0.0

6.0

7.2

9.6

1.8

0.1

11.5

1.2

0.0

5.8

2.1

-0.1

4.4

-2.3

-0.9

5.7

5.7

1.0

4.4

1.5

2.8

3.4

-4.6

-13.0

6.8

12.1

3.6

2.1

5.8

2.0

7.9

-3.2

1.3

-5.7

3.1

-14.1

-10.2

-16.0

a. Or most recent year available. Countries sorted by GDP.
Note: Data not available for Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia

Source: World Bank, 1997b, Africa Regional Brief, Washington DC: The World Bank.


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