Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Comparing African and Asian Economic Development

   1. Comparing African and Asian Economic Development

      • Peter Lawrence, Colin Thirtle

      Pages 1-8

3. Lessons for Africa of the Asian ‘Success’

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Why is South-East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?

      • Anne Booth

      Pages 11-33

   3. Lessons for Africa from East Asian Economic Policy

      • Oliver Morrissey

      Pages 34-48

   4. Should Africa Try to Learn from Asia? Lessons for and from Uganda

      • Peter Smith

      Pages 49-64

   5. Aid, Adjustment and Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour: Lessons from a Relatively Poor Performing East Asian Economy

      • Mark McGillivray

      Pages 65-77

   6. Population Ageing and Care of the Elderly: What Are the Lessons of Asia for Sub-Saharan Africa?

      • Mahmood Messkoub

      Pages 78-100

4. African and Asian Development Comparisons

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Regionalism: Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia Compared

      • Colin Kirkpatrick, Gareth Api Richards, Matsuo Watanabe

      Pages 103-127

   3. Explaining Differences in the Economic Performance of Micro-States in Africa and Asia

      • Harvey W. Armstrong, Robert Read

      Pages 128-157

   4. Child Activities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: a Comparative Analysis

      • Sonia Bhalotra, Christopher Heady

      Pages 158-184

   5. The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture

      • Raul Hopkins, Bilge Nomer

      Pages 185-201

   6. The Demand for Money in Selected SADC Countries: Structure, Policy and a Comparison with the ASEAN Countries

      • Raghbendra Jha, Mridul Saggar

      Pages 202-220

   7. Credit to the Government: Central Bank Operation and its Relation to Growth

      • Shaikh S. Ahmed

      Pages 221-239

5. Convergence or Divergence?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Convergence or Divergence in and between Developing Regions?

      • Harald V. Proff

      Pages 243-257

   3. Productivity Growth and Convergence in Asian and African Agriculture

      • Kecuk Suhariyanto, Angela Lusigi, Colin Thirtle

      Pages 258-273

6. Back Matter

   Pages 274-299

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This invaluable collection compares the relatively unsuccessful economic development of Subsaharan Africa with that of the successful Asian economies, especially the Asian 'tigers'. It covers three main areas of comparison: the lessons for Africa from the Asian experience; secondly, the comparisons of various aspects of economic development in Africa and Asia; and finally, convergence: how far the laggard economies are catching up with, or diverging away from, each other.

• ASEAN
• development
• East Asia
• Economic Development
• economic policy

• Keele University, UK

  Peter Lawrence

• Imperial College, University of London, UK

  Colin Thirtle

SHAIKH S. AHMED Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, HARVEY ARMSTRONG Professor of Economic Geography, University of Sheffield, SONIA BHALOTRA Fellow of Newnham College, Senior Research Officer, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge and Lecturer in Economics, University of Bristol, ANNE BOOTH Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, CHRISTOPHER HEADY Professor of Applied Economics, University of Bath RAUL HOPKINS Lecturer in Economics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, RAGHBENDRA JHA Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, COLIN KIRKPATRICK Director and Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK ANGELA LUSIGI Consultant with IFAD, Rome, MARK McGILLIVRAY Associate Professor of International Development, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and Fellow, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, OLIVER MORRISSEY Director, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) and Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Nottingham BILGE NOMER Lecturer in Economics, Marmara University, Turkey, HARALD PROFF Assistant Professor, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, ROBERT READ Lecturer in International Economics, University of Lancaster, GARETH API RICHARDS Hallsworth Junior Research Fellow, Department of Government, University of Manchester, MRIDUL K. SAGGAR Ph.D. candidate, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, PETER SMITH Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Southampton, KECUK SUHARIYANTO Researcher, Central Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia and Lecturer, Academy of Statistics, Indonesia, MATSUO WATANABE Ph.D. candidate in Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.

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