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Development economics in action : a study of economic policies in Ghana / Tony Killick.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 515 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415473835 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780415587112 (pbk.)
  • 0415473837 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0415587115 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC1060 .K54
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Development, disequilibrium and state interventionism -- 3. The economic strategies of Nkrumah and his successors -- 4. Domestic economic performance in the 1960s -- 5. External performance : the foreign exchange constraint and its causes -- 6. Planning, saving and economic management -- 7. Modernization without growth -- 8. The unbalanced growth of agriculture and industry -- 9. The state as entrepreneur -- 10. The state as controller -- 11. After Nkrumah : interpretations of policies, 1966-72 -- 12. Lessons from 1960-72 -- 13. From implosion to boom : 1972-2008 -- 14. Structural change : 1970-2008 -- 15. Forces for change : 1983-2008.
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Includes index.

1. Introduction --
2. Development, disequilibrium and state interventionism --
3. The economic strategies of Nkrumah and his successors --
4. Domestic economic performance in the 1960s --
5. External performance : the foreign exchange constraint and its causes --
6. Planning, saving and economic management --
7. Modernization without growth --
8. The unbalanced growth of agriculture and industry --
9. The state as entrepreneur --
10. The state as controller --
11. After Nkrumah : interpretations of policies, 1966-72 --
12. Lessons from 1960-72 --
13. From implosion to boom : 1972-2008 --
14. Structural change : 1970-2008 --
15. Forces for change : 1983-2008.

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