Development economics in action: a study of economic policies in Ghana. /
Tony Killick
- 2nd ed.
- New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, c2010.
- xv, 515 p. ill. 22cm.
Includes index
Contents: Introduction -- Development, disequilibrium and state interventionism -- The Economic strategies of Nkrumah and his successors -- Domestic economic performance in the 1960's -- External performance: The Foreign exchange constraint and its causes -- Planning, saving and economic management -- Modernization without growth -- The Unbalanced growth of agriculture and industry -- The State as entrepreneur -- 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: 1970-2008 -- Forces for change: 1983-2008.