Deepening structural reform in Africa : lessons from East Asia /

As Africa looks for ways to deepen and accelerate the economic reform process, what lessons can East Asia offer? this book edited by Laura Wallace, records the proceedings of a seminar that involved a dynamic exchange of experiences by policy makers and senior government officials from Africa and Ea...

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Corporate Authors: Proceedings of a seminar, Paris, International Monetary Fund, Ministry of Finance of Japan
Other Authors: Wallace, Laura, ed
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : IMF, 1997
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowlegments
  • Glossary
  • Contents
  • Overview / Laura Wallace
  • 1. Progress and challenges in structural reform: 1. Opening remarks / Hideichiro Hamanaka
  • 2. Obstacles to continued reform: an African perspectives / Kwesi Botchwey
  • 3. Obstacles to continued reform: Indonesia's experience / Dahlan M. Sutalaksana
  • General discussion
  • 2. How to accelerate reform: 4. Strengthening revenue movilization efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa / Peter S. Heller
  • Comments / Shahid Yusuf
  • 5. Financial reform in Central Asia: lessons from the Kyrgyz Republic / Tetsuji Tanaka
  • 6. Speeding up by slowing down: a market-building approach to financial sector reform / David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade
  • Comments / Basant Kapur, Patrick Downes, Tadahiko Nakagawa
  • General discussion
  • 7. What next for African parastatal enterprises? / John Nellis
  • Comments / Yasuo Yokoyama
  • 8. Parastatal reform and privatization in CtÌ¥e d'Ivoire / Jean-Claude Brou
  • 9. Parastatal reform and privatization in Mali / Soumal̐a Cissé
  • General discussion
  • 3. Enhancing the effectiveness of external assistance: 10. World Bank - and IMF - supported programs: a Burkino Faso perspective / Zéphirin Diabré
  • 11. World Bank - and IMF - supported programs: a Zambian perspective / Jacob Mwanza
  • 12. Improving overseas development assistance: the broad sector approach / Michael Foster
  • Comments / Peter Warutere, Masako Ii
  • General discussion
  • 4. Future role of governments and donors: 13. Panel discussion / Mark Baird, Richard Carey, Ravi Kanbur, Hiroyuki Hino
  • 14. Tour de table
  • 15. Concluding remarks / Jack Boorman
  • List of participants.