Africa's Choices After Thirty Years Of The World Bank [Paperback]

This book provides an account of actual African experience and African criticisms. It is designed to examine the actual viability of the World Bank's structural adjustment strategies for Africa, all of which were designed to encourage export-led growth.Acknowledgements, Maps, Introduction: Something New out of Africa, Where is the Voice of Africa? Avoiding Cultural Imperialism. The IMF and the World Banks Prescriptions. What Africans are Seeking. Aid and Development. PART I WHAT WAS PROPOSED FROM OUTSIDE, How Old is Africas Crisis?, Causes of Africas Crisis. Africas Pre-colonial Heritage. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Colonial Rule in Africa. The Colonial State. The Exploitation of Africas Resources. The African Nation-states. Tribes, Classes, Kinship Groups and Elites. Table 1.1 African Exports Concentration Ratios, 1982-6, Alternative Growth Models in the Post-colonial State, Command Economies. Economic Growth and Increasing Inequality. The Case of Nigeria. The Capitalist Way: Rostows Stages of Growth. The Conditions for Take-off. Traditionalism versus Modernism: in Tanzania. The Obstacles to Take-off. What Finally Destroyed Africas Take-off? The Contrast with Asia. AFRICAS CHOICES, Table 2.1 African and Developing Countries Growth Rates, 1960-80, Table 2.2 African and Developing Countries Economic Structure, 1960-80, Table 2.3 African Countries Fulfilling Rostows Criteria, 1960-80, Redistribution and Basic Needs, Redistribution through Growth. The Case of Kenya and the ILO Report. The Informal Sector. Basic Human Needs: Strong and Weak Versions. Poverty is Natural. Table 3.1 Basic Needs Indicators, 1970s, Structural Adjustment-by the World Bank, What were African Governments Doing Wrong? The IMF and World Bank Policy Conditions. Ghanas Economic Recovery Programme: A Case Study. The Results of Structural Adjustment Policies. The Failure of Export-led Growth. Crisis Management: Commodity Exports and Debt, The Fraser Report on Africas Commodity Pló!