Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

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.

• Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Comparing African and Asian Economic Development; P.Lawrence & C.Thirtle PART I: LESSONS FOR AFRICA OF THE ASIAN 'SUCCESS' Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?; A.Booth Lessons for African from East Asian Economic Policy; O.Morrissey Should Africa Try to Learn from Asia? Lessons for and from Uganda; P.Smith Aid, Adjustment and Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour: Lessons from a Relatively Poor Performing East Asian Economy; M.McGillivray Population Ageing and Care of the Elderly: What are the Lessons to Asia for Sub-Saharan Africa; M.Messkoub PART II: AFRICAN AND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT COMPARISONS Regionalism: Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia Compared; C.Kirkpatrick, G.A.Richards & M.Watanabe Explaining Differences in the Economic Performance of Micro-States in Africa and Asia; H.W.Armstrong & R.Read Child Activities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: a Comparative Analysis; S.Bhalotra & C.Heady The Comparative Performance ofAfrican and Latin American Agriculture; R.Hopkins & B.Nomer The Demand for Money in Selected SADC Countries: Structure, Policy and a Comparison with the ASEAN Countries; R.Jha & M.Saggar Credit to the Government: Central Bank Operation and its Relations to Growth; S.S.Ahmed PART III: CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE? Convergence or Divergence in and between Developing Regions; H.Proff Agricultural Productivity Growth and Convergence: A Comparison of African and Asian Countries; A.Lusigi, K.Suhariyanto & C.Thirtle Bibliography Index