Learning and Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa

Bruce Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz
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Bruce Greenwald: Columbia University

Chapter 1.1 in The Industrial Policy Revolution II, 2013, pp 25-49 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over the past thirty years, Africa has suffered from deindustrialization. The quarter century from the early 1980s was a period of declining per capita income and increasing poverty. Structural adjustment policies advocated by the IMF and the World Bank were predicated on the belief that by eliminating “distortions” in the economy, Africa would grow faster - by constructing an economy based on principles of free and unfettered markets, with the government restrained to ensuring macro-stability (which typically just meant price stability), economic performance would be increased and all would benefit.

Keywords: Exchange Rate; Interest Rate; Foreign Direct Investment; Monetary Policy; Real Exchange Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137335234_2

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