Sustainable Growth in the African Economy

Jeffrey James is Emeritus Professor of Development Economics at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

• List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements 1 Introduction PART I Defining the issues 2 Structural change in historical perspective 3 The Lewis model in alternative historical contexts 4 The (un)sustainability of Africa’s growth path PART II Countervailing tendencies and policies 5 Towards labour-intensity in African manufacturing 6 The new global economic order: prospects for African manufacturing 7 A note on services as a growth escalator in Africa 8 Is there a renewed role for appropriate technology in the new global economic order?PART III Building technological capabilities 9 Trait-making for labour-intensive technology in Africa: insights from infrastructure 10 A critique of macro measures of technological capabilities in an African perspective 11 Conclusions References Index

'Africa can solve its long-standing unemployment and poverty problems by tapping into one of its major resource - labour.After thorough analysis of the underlying facts of development and growth trajectory of African countries, this book highlights on the risk ahead as a result of current path, and warns against ignoring the socio-economic consequences of development modality vigorously pursued by most African countries. As such the book provides a timely and relevant insight for policy-makers to look back and take into account the institutional and social implications of the current development trajectory that is loaded with technology and capital heavy projects. I recommend that everybody with interest in African development should read this book.' — Professor Adugna Lemi, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA‘The book by Jeffrey James is important as it looks at durability of growth in Africa rather than simply on growth rates, and as it is based on a new approach to explain structural change and industrialization processes in Africa.’ — Professor Karl Wohlmuth, University of Bremen, Germany