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
List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Understanding Economic Reforms in Africa; J.Mensah PART I: EARLY REFORMERS Introduction; J.Mensah Understanding the Reform Process in Kenya; M.Were, R.Ngugi & P.Makau Understanding Economic and Institutional Reforms in Uganda; J.Kiiza, G.Asiimwe & D.Kibikyo Understanding Economic Reforms: The Case of Ghana; J.Mensah, R.Oppong-Koranteng & K.Frempah-Yeboah Understanding Reforms: A Country Case Study of Morocco; B.Mansouri, B.Elmorchid, M.Ziky & S.M.Rigar PART II: LATE REFORMERS Introduction; J.Mensah Political Economy of Reform in Polarised and War-Prone Societies: The Case of Burundi; F.Ngaruko & J-D.Nkurunziza Understanding Economic and Political Reforms in Tanzania; H.K.R.Amani, S.M.Wangwe, D.Rweyemamu, R.Aiko & G.G.Wanga Understanding Economic Reforms: The Case of Zimbabwe; T.Mumvuma, C.Mujajati & B.Mufute Conclusion: Bringing It All Together; J.Mensah Index
