Recession in Africa : background papers to the seminar Africa - which way out of the recession?, Uppsala, September 1982

Abstract

In September 1982 a number of researchers and representatives of the Nordic development agencies as well as members of several international organizations were invited to discuss the nature and origin of the "recession" in Sub-Saharan Africa. In preparing the seminar a number of scholars were invited to write background papers. The country case studies and a paper on strategic issues are presented in this volume. By way of an introduction a presentation is given of the World Bank Report "Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - An Agenda for Action", and of the Lagos Plan of Action, adopted by the Organization of African Unity.

<p>Contents: Preface / Michael Ståhl -- Introduction / Jerker Carlsson -- The Ivory coast facing the economic crisis / Henrik Secher Marcussen -- Economic crisis in Malawi / Thandika Mkandawire -- Ghana – A history of an endless recession / Tetteh A. Kofi, Emmanuel Hansen -- Debt and the development options in central southern Africa: The case of Zambia and Zimbabwe / Ann Seidman -- “No worst there is none”? Tanzanian political economic crises 1978 – ???? / Reginald Herbold Green -- What kind of socialist transition in capitalist recession? The case of Mozambique / Bertil Egerö, Jens Erik Torp -- African economies in the mid-1980’s – “Naught for your comfort but that the waves grow higher and the storms grow wilder” / Reginald H Green</p>