Investment and Risk in Africa
Published on 27. January 2000
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-333-77753-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings together academics in the fields of economics, political science, and law, with business practitioners in the fields of risk assessment and portfolio management. Their contributions are sequenced to tell a story. Africa is perceived as being a highly risky continent. As a result, investment is discouraged. These risks are partly exaggerated. However, to the extent that they reflect genuine problems they are capable of being mitigated by insurance and reduced by political restraints such as central banks, investment charters, and international agreements.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, graphs, notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
728 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-77753-4 (9780333777534)
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Paul Collier | Catherine Pattillo
Investment and Risk in Africa
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07/2016
Palgrave Macmillan
€99.99
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Persons
PAUL COLLIER is Director of the Policy Research Group at the World Bank, and on leave from Oxford University where he was Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. CATHERINE PATTILLO is in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund and was previously a Research Officer at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University.
Content
Preface - Notes on the Contributors - PART I: INTRODUCTION - Investment and Risk in Africa; P.Collier & C.Pattillo - PART II: RISK IN AFRICA: ITS CAUSES AND ITS EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT - Rating Africa: The Economic and Political Content of Risk Indicators; - N.U. Haque, N. Mark & D.J.Mathieson - Risk and Private Investment: Africa Compared with Other Developing Areas; F.Z.Jaspersen, A.H.Aylward & A.D.Knox - Risk, Financial Constraints and Equipment Investment in Ghana: A Firm-Level Analysis; C.Pattillo - Discussion; J.W.Gunning - The Risk and Expected Returns of African Equity Investment; C.B.Erb, C.R.Harvey & T.E.Viskanta - Discussion; L.W.Senbet - Risk and Portfolio Investment in Africa: A Practitioner's Approach; J.Demby - PART III: REDUCING RISK THROUGH DOMESTIC AGENCIES OF RESTRAINT - The Central Bank as a Restraint: The Experience of Uganda; L.Kasekende & I.Hussain - Discussion; A.O'Connell - The Cash Budget as a Restraint: The Experience of Zambia; C.S.Adam & D.L.Bevan - Discussion; M.MacPherson - The Courts as a Restraint: The Experience of Tanzania, Uganda and Botswana; J.A.Widner - Discussion; K.E.Ferree - Investment Codes as a Restraint: The Experience of Southern Africa; D.A.Ailola - PART IV: REDUCING RISK THROUGH EXTERNAL AGENCIES OF RESTRAINT - The Franc Zone as a Restraint; D.Stasavage - Discussion; S.Singh - Aid and Debt Conditionality as Restraints; R.Kanbur - Discussion; S.O'Connell - Investment Insurance in Africa; G.T.West - The Potential for Restraint through International Trade Agreements; P.Collier & J.W.Gunning - The Potential for Restraint Through an International Charter for FDI; M.Warner - PART V: CONCLUSION - So What Have We Learned?; R.Bates - Index