Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective - by P Lawrence & C Thirtle (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.