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| fixed length control field |
02716cam a22002537i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
21349351 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230531091530.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
200102s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2020930019 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780198832331 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
f------ |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HC 800 .C73 2020 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cramer, Christopher, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
African economic development : |
| Remainder of title |
evidence, theory, policy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Christopher Cramer, John Sender, and Arkebe Oqubay. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 319 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. |
| Institution to which field applies |
DLC |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-303) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Economic development |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Hard Covered Materials |
| Classification part |
HC 800 .C73 2020 |