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The African Economy, 2002
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2015
from unavoidable, and the price of a formal qualification on independence seemed preferable to pe... more from unavoidable, and the price of a formal qualification on independence seemed preferable to penurious and isolated sovereignty. The argument is well made for French West Africa. Cooper does not discuss how representative that experience was for Africa as a whole. To take the obvious counter-example, in declaring ‘Nigeria’, the British, like the French next door, established a territorial entity much larger than those they had conquered. But in this case the post-independence problems arose not from the balkanisation of the potential super-state that the colonialists had demarcated, but from the opposite: its preservation, albeit without participation in any counterpart to the Franco-African federal union that the likes of Senghor had envisaged. Still, Cooper’s moral remains: the ‘naturalisation’ of the nation-state as the only normal and acceptable type of independent polity, happened only relatively recently, was by no means inevitable – and may prove ephemeral. This is an excellent study. For those who have not read much of Cooper’s work before, it serves as a valuable introduction. For those familiar with his formidable oeuvre, it does not disappoint. Anyone interested in African politics and history should read it. As a postscript, a complaint to Harvard University Press: reading this thickly annotated work properly requires keeping the book open in two places at the same time. For the careful reader, it is a pain that Cooper’s distinguished publishers use endnotes when footnotes require the same number of clicks.
Journal of African Economics, 2001
Despite more than a decade of reforms in many African countries, investment and growth rates are ... more Despite more than a decade of reforms in many African countries, investment and growth rates are still far below the levels required for sustainable development. This article provides an overview of the papers published in the present issue, which analyse the business environment as well as the determinants of investment. The overview focuses on: (i) an analysis of macroeconomic factors explaining private investment experiences across developing countries, with particular implications for Africa; (ii) macroeconomic evidence on manufacturing investment based on surveys from several Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries; (iii) a macroand micro-assessment of investment productivity using crosscountry production-function estimation based on a sample of SSA countries and a case study of the Tanzanian manufacturing sector; and (iv) an analysis of the business environment, featuring 'networking' markets as a primary resource allocation mechanism in Africa.
Business Economics, 2008
African Development Bank (AfDB). Formerly, he was country operations manager for several east, so... more African Development Bank (AfDB). Formerly, he was country operations manager for several east, south and north African countries. He has also worked at the World Bank, the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and in the private and public sectors in Nigeria. Also, he has served on the editorial board of the Journal of African Economies, African Development Review, and African Finance Journal. He has served on the board of directors of the East African Development Bank and African Capacity Building Foundation. A Commonwealth Scholar, he holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and a B.Sc. (first Class honors) degree in economics from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, England and Nigeria.
African Development Review, 2005
... As a research economist and the manager of the Research Division from 1996 to 2001, I had the... more ... As a research economist and the manager of the Research Division from 1996 to 2001, I had the honour and privilege to nominate Dr Mohammed Nureldin Hussain for the Mamoun Beheiry Prize in 1999 at a time when research economists were given very little or no ...
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
The African Economy, 2002
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019
The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2015
from unavoidable, and the price of a formal qualification on independence seemed preferable to pe... more from unavoidable, and the price of a formal qualification on independence seemed preferable to penurious and isolated sovereignty. The argument is well made for French West Africa. Cooper does not discuss how representative that experience was for Africa as a whole. To take the obvious counter-example, in declaring ‘Nigeria’, the British, like the French next door, established a territorial entity much larger than those they had conquered. But in this case the post-independence problems arose not from the balkanisation of the potential super-state that the colonialists had demarcated, but from the opposite: its preservation, albeit without participation in any counterpart to the Franco-African federal union that the likes of Senghor had envisaged. Still, Cooper’s moral remains: the ‘naturalisation’ of the nation-state as the only normal and acceptable type of independent polity, happened only relatively recently, was by no means inevitable – and may prove ephemeral. This is an excellent study. For those who have not read much of Cooper’s work before, it serves as a valuable introduction. For those familiar with his formidable oeuvre, it does not disappoint. Anyone interested in African politics and history should read it. As a postscript, a complaint to Harvard University Press: reading this thickly annotated work properly requires keeping the book open in two places at the same time. For the careful reader, it is a pain that Cooper’s distinguished publishers use endnotes when footnotes require the same number of clicks.
Journal of African Economics, 2001
Despite more than a decade of reforms in many African countries, investment and growth rates are ... more Despite more than a decade of reforms in many African countries, investment and growth rates are still far below the levels required for sustainable development. This article provides an overview of the papers published in the present issue, which analyse the business environment as well as the determinants of investment. The overview focuses on: (i) an analysis of macroeconomic factors explaining private investment experiences across developing countries, with particular implications for Africa; (ii) macroeconomic evidence on manufacturing investment based on surveys from several Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries; (iii) a macroand micro-assessment of investment productivity using crosscountry production-function estimation based on a sample of SSA countries and a case study of the Tanzanian manufacturing sector; and (iv) an analysis of the business environment, featuring 'networking' markets as a primary resource allocation mechanism in Africa.
Business Economics, 2008
African Development Bank (AfDB). Formerly, he was country operations manager for several east, so... more African Development Bank (AfDB). Formerly, he was country operations manager for several east, south and north African countries. He has also worked at the World Bank, the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and in the private and public sectors in Nigeria. Also, he has served on the editorial board of the Journal of African Economies, African Development Review, and African Finance Journal. He has served on the board of directors of the East African Development Bank and African Capacity Building Foundation. A Commonwealth Scholar, he holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and a B.Sc. (first Class honors) degree in economics from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, England and Nigeria.
African Development Review, 2005
... As a research economist and the manager of the Research Division from 1996 to 2001, I had the... more ... As a research economist and the manager of the Research Division from 1996 to 2001, I had the honour and privilege to nominate Dr Mohammed Nureldin Hussain for the Mamoun Beheiry Prize in 1999 at a time when research economists were given very little or no ...
Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking, 2019