Ghana : : The Political Economy of Recovery / / ed. by Donald Rothchild.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anyemedu, Kwasi,; Chazan, Naomi,; Cobbe, James,; Gyimah-Boadi, E.,; Herbst, Jeffrey,; Jacobeit, Cord,; Jeffries, Richard,; Kraus, Jon,; Martin, Matthew,; Mikell, Gwendolyn,; Ninsin, Kwame A.,; Nugent, Paul,; Rothchild, Donald,
• HerausgeberIn: Rothchild, Donald ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: SAIS African Studies Library
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)

The authors look at the issues involved in Ghana's current reform program, addressing questions of governance, the transformation of the ruling party, regime legitimacy, the parallel economy, economic restructuring, divestiture of state owned enterprises, export diversification, the effects of reforms on the quality of life in both urban and rural areas, and international financial negotiations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Ghana and Structural Adjustment: An Overview -- 2 The Political Transformation of Ghana Under the PNDC -- 3 The PNDC and the Problem of Legitimacy -- 4 Educating Rawlings: The Evolution of Government Strategy Toward Smuggling -- 5 Equity Issues in Ghana's Rural Development -- 6 The Political Economy of Education Reform in Ghana -- PART 3 THE CHALLENGE OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM -- 7 The Political Economy of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Ghana -- 8 Leadership Commitment and Political Opposition to Structural Adjustment in Ghana -- 9 Labor in Ghana Under Structural Adjustment: The Politics of Acquiescence -- 10 State Enterprises Divestiture: Recent Ghanaian Experiences -- 11 Export Diversification Under the Economic Recovery Program -- 12 Reviving Cocoa: Policies and Perspectives on Structural Adjustment in Ghana's Key Agricultural Sector -- PART 4 THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS -- 13 Negotiating Adjustment and External Finance: Ghana and the International Community, 1982-1989 -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Book -- The SAIS African Studies Library