Part I: General Background and Governing Issues -- Chapter 1: Why hi story is important in Africa's economic development narrative -- Chapte r 2: Economic development: Facts, theories and evidence -- Chapter 3: C ase studies of development approaches -- Part II: European Growth and D evelopment that Shaped Africa -- Chapter 4: Medieval European economies -- Chapter 5: Mercantilism as a world economic order -- Part III: Afri can Experience in the Long Run -- Chapter 6: Medieval African economies -- Chapter 7: Emaciation of African economies I: The Atlantic slave tr ade, 1451 - 1830 -- Chapter 8: Emaciation of African economies II: Colo nisation, 1885 - 1957 -- Chapter 9: Post-independent African economies: 1960 - 2014 -- Chapter 10: Lessons for economic development for Sub Sa haran Africa.

This book uses lessons from history to help African countries take c harge of their own economic development agenda. History is an important part of Africa's economic development narrative, and Ocran investigate s how the development outcomes between Africa and Western Europe became so divergent when in the early medieval period average income levels a nd economic development in the two regions differed only marginally. Th e sixteenth century marked a turning point, with the emergence of Weste rn European mercantilism and capitalism and their associated exploitati on of other countries. In understanding Africa's economic development, it is crucial to recognise that Africa has not always been poor. Examin ing 400 years of enslavement and colonisation, this book takes us to pr esent day Africa and economic issues affecting the continent. With sele cted case studies from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore to South Korea and China, Ocran proposes ways to break out of the economic development quandary Africa currently faces. Matthew Kofi Ocran is Professor of Ec onomics and Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His current research interests lie in macroeconomics, development econ omics, development finance and economic history.

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