Asian tigers, African lions : comparing the development performance of Southeast Asia and Africa / edited by Bernard Berendsen, Ton Dietz, Henk Schulte Nordholt & Roel van der Veen.
Notes on contributors. Policy and governance in Africa's economic transformation : firm findings and remaining questions / David Booth -- Roel van der Veen -- Diverging paths : explanations and implications / David Henley, Jan Kees van Donge -- Cross-regional comparisons in development : questions, approaches, and challenges / Peter Lewis -- Comparing the agricultural performance of Africa and Southeast Asia over the last fifty years / Ton Dietz -- Comparing Indonesia and Nigeria -- Technocracy and the institutionalization of economic development in Indonesia and Nigeria (1967-1990) / Riwanto Tirtosudarmo -- Elites and exchange rate policy in Indonesia and Nigeria / Ahmad Hebny Fuady -- Population programmes and their implications for poverty reduction in Indonesia and Nigeria, 1966-1999 / Aklnyinka Akinyoade -- Impact of corruption on economic development : comparing the experience of Nigeria and Indonesia (1967-1998) / David U. Enweremadu -- Comparing Malaysia and Kenya -- Agricultural and rural development in Malaysia and Kenya and the politics of policy / Joseph M. Fernando -- Politics of policy for poverty reduction : comparing Malaysia with Kenya / Othieno Nyanjom -- Comparison of the industrial policies and outcomes in Kenya and Malaysia / Bethuel K. Kinuthia, Ton Dietz -- Foreign direct investment in Kenya and Malaysia / Bethuel K. Kinuthia, Syed Mansoob Murshed -- Comparing Vietnam and Tanzania -- Differential supply responses to liberalization, and resultant poverty alleviation in Vietnam and Tanzania / Jan Kees van Donge -- Variation in output and marketing of cashew in Tanzania and Vietnam / Blandina Kilama -- Textile industry in Vietnam and Tanzania / Jamal Msami -- Comparing Cambodia and Uganda -- Agricultural policies and performance in an African and Asian poor Agrarian society : Uganda and Cambodia compared / AndreĢ Leliveld, Han ten Brummelkuis -- Rhetoric and reality of rural road building : two tales from Cambodia and Uganda / Kheang Un -- (Re- )building educational systems as a contribution to growth and well-being : comparing Uganda and Cambodia / Leang Un -- Some afterthoughts -- Policy and governance in Africa's economic transformation : firm findings and remaining questions / David Booth -- Notes on contributors.
Summary:
"This is an anthology of contributions by scholars and (former) diplomats related to the 'Tracking Development' research project, funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and coordinated by the African Studies Centre and KITLV, both in Leiden, in collaboration with scholars based in Africa and Asia. The project compared the performance of growth and development of four pairs of countries in Southeast Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa during the last sixty years. It tried to answer the question how two regions with comparable levels of income per capita in the 1950s could diverge so rapidly. Whey are there so many African tigers and not yet so many African lions? What could Africa learn from Southeast Asian development trajectories?" -- Back cover.
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