African Studies NEW Youth Employment in SubSaharan Africa By Deon Filmer and Louise Fox
High fertility and declining mortality rates have led to a very young population in most Sub-Saharan African countries. The labor force is expected to increase by 11 million people per year over the next 10 years. This book focuses on how to improve the quality of jobs and meet the aspirations of youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that a strong foundation for human capital development can be key to boosting earnings, arguing for a balanced approach that builds skills and demand for labor. Africa Development Forum
Jan 2014 | 280 pages | 978-1-4648-0107-5 | Paperback $34.95
SECURING AFRICA’S LAND FOR SHARED PROSPERITY A Program to Scale Up Reforms and Investments By Frank F. K. Byamugisha
This is the first book on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of ‘land grabs’ into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors’ deals. Africa Development Forum
June 2013 | 230 pages | 978-0-8213-9810-4 | Paperback $29.95
ENTERPRISING WOMEN Expanding Economic Opportunities in Africa By Mary Hallward-Driemeier
Sub-Saharan Africa boasts the highest share of women entrepreneurs, but they are disproportionately concentrated among the self-employed rather than employers. This report brings together new household and enterprise data from 42 countries in SubSaharan Africa to inform policy makers and practitioners on ways to expand women entrepreneurs’ economic opportunities. Africa Development Forum
May 2013 | 270 pages | 978-0-8213-9703-9 | Paperback $29.95
EMPOWERING WOMEN
Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa By Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Tazeen Hasan The importance of property rights in providing the incentive to invest, work hard, and innovate has been recognized for centuries. Yet, many women in Africa do not have the same property rights or formal legal capacity enjoyed by men. This book documents the extent to which the legal capacity and property rights vary for women and men, and analyses the impact this has on women’s economic opportunities.
URBAN LABOR MARKETS IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Edited by Philippe De Vreyer, and Francois Roubaud
Although labor is usually the unique asset upon which poor people can make a living, little is known about the functioning of labour markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this volume is to contribute to the building of knowledge in this area. In this book, the authors use a unique set of identical and simultaneous labour force surveys conducted in seven capitals of Western Africa, as well as in some other African countries (Cameroon, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo) in the 2000s. Africa Development Forum
June 2013 | 460 pages | 978-0-8213-9781-7 | Paperback $39.95
The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal Edited by Bernard Dafflon and Thierry Madies
This report offers a new policy-oriented implementation model, applied systematically in parallel in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal. The book studies the individual countries and compares similar issues based on the same blueprint. The analysis is not intended to assess whether the chosen decentralization model is the right one, which does not exist. Rather, it examines decentralization achievements in specific national settings and compares those achievements with the announced objectives. Africa Development Forum
Dec 2012 | 340 pages | 978-0-8213-9613-2 | Paperback $34.95
Financing Africa’s Cities The Imperative of Local Investment By Thierry Paulais
This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent—which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet—in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities for local government; but in most cases, institutional reforms were carried out without the transfer of a sufficient level of resources, and local capacities in governance and project management are weak. Africa Development Forum
July 2012 | 374 pages | 978-0-8213-9455-7 | Paperback $29.95
The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa
Firm Size, Productivity, and Institutions In West Africa a dynamic informal sector dominates the stagnant formal economy. Small operators co-exist with very large and politically well-connected informal enterprises and well-organized networks. This study focuses on the urban informal sector in three capital cities: Dakar (Senegal), Cotonou (Benin) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
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Oct 2012 | 232 pages | 978-0-8213-9533-2 | Paperback $29.95
June 2012 | 300 pages | 978-0-8213-9537-0 | Paperback $34.95
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND RURAL CHANGE REVISITED
Challenges for Late Developing Countries in a Globalizing World By Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, and Eric Thomas White Makes a compelling case for reintegrating structural issues into agricultural and rural development policies, which have for the last 30 years over-focused on short-term issues. It shows how the liberalization of agriculture in many late developing countries has not in fact led to the development of the vibrant rural non-farm economy, nor has it led to a large-scale integration of agricultural producers into the global economy. Despite these findings, the book draws optimistic conclusions: there are a clear set of policy priorities that, if adapted to individual country contexts, can facilitate an enduring and productive rural transformation. Africa Development Forum
June 2012 | 258 pages | 978-0-8213-9512-7 | Paperback $34.95
Light Manufacturing in Africa
Targeted Policies to Enhance Private Investment and Create Jobs By Hinh T. Dinh, Vincent Palmade, Vandana Chandra, and Frances Cossar This book examines how light manufacturing can offer a viable solution for Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) need for structural transformation and productive job creation, given its potential competitiveness based on low wage costs and an abundance of natural resources that supply raw materials needed for industries. Based on five different analytical tools and data sources, the book examines in detail the binding constraints in each of the subsectors relevant for SSA: apparel, leather goods, metal products, agribusiness, and wood products. Africa Development Forum
Feb 2012 | 180 pages | 978-0-8213-8961-4 | Paperback $28.00
BESTSELLERS AFRICA DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 2012/13 June 2013 | 374 pages | 978-0-8213-9702-2 | Paperback $50.00
FINANCING AFRICA
Through the Crisis and Beyond By Thorsten Beck, Samuel Munzele Maimbo, Issa Faye, and Thouraya Triki July 2011 | 308 pages | 978-0-8213-8797-9 | Paperback $40.00
LEVERAGING MIGRATION FOR AFRICA Remittances, Skills, and Investments By Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra, Caglar Ozden, Sonia Plaza, William Shaw, and Abede Shimeles April 2011 | 234 pages | 978-0-8213-8257-8 | Paperback $39.95
YES, AFRICA CAN
Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent Edited by Punam Chuhan-Pole and Manka Angwafo June 2011 | 496 pages | 978-0-8213-8745-0 | Paperback $49.95