Knowledge and Understanding of the Economic Performance of African Countries
Knowledge and Understanding of the Economic Performance of African Countries
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Description
Knowledge and Understanding of African Economic Performance challenges the longstanding gap and persistent disconnect between what we know about Africa and how we understand its economic performance. The book shifts the focus from data accumulation (knowledge) to deeper, more contextualized interpretation (understanding) -arguing that the problem is not ignorance, but the misapplication and distortion of knowledge itself.
Combining historical critique, empirical insight, and theoretical clarity, this exposes how intellectual blind spots and global development orthodoxies have distorted Africa's economic narrative. It makes a compelling case that internal dynamics, such as institutional fragility, weak policy translation, and truncated knowledge diffusion, are essential to meaningful analysis. Rather than demanding exceptionalist theories for Africa, it calls for a more reflective and context-sensitive use of existing models. This book is a powerful call to bridge the gap between knowledge and understanding-a vital step toward more effective policy and a more just global discourse.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Knowledge and understanding of the African origins of Euro-American development
Chapter 3: Knowledge and understanding of instability in Africa versus the “Africa dummy” variable
Chapter 4: Knowledge and understanding of Sir W. A. Lewis and the Africans: Growth Lessons
Chapter 5: Knowledge and understanding of endogenous constraints, coefficients of economic distance, and economic performance of African countries
Chapter 6: Knowledge and understanding of the utility and production functions of African music: Their influence on non-music industries
Chapter 7: Knowledge and understanding of the technological basis for similar and dissimilar economic performance of African countries
Takeaways: Summary, and Conclusion and Implications
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | 9781666966954 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 12 tables and 9 figures |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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