TY - BOOK AU - Killick, Tony. TI - Development economics in action: A case study of economics policies in Ghana. SN - 9780415587112 AV - HC1060.K543 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Ghana -- Economic policy. KW - Economic development -- Case studies. N1 - Includes index; Contents: Introduction --Development, disequilibrium ans state interventionism -- The economic strategies of Nkrumah and his successors -- Domestic economic performance in the 1960's -- External performance: The Foriegn exchange constraint and its causes -- Planning, saving and economic management -- Modernization without growth -- The Unbalanced growth of agriculture and industry -- The State as enterpreneur -- The State as controller -- After Nkrumah: Interpretations of policies, 1966-72 -- Lessons from 1960-72 -- 1972-2008: Introduction to the new chapters -- From implosion to boom: 1972-2008 -- Structural change: 1972-2008 -- Forces for change: 1983-2008 ER -