{"product_id":"african-successes-volume-iii-sebastian-edwards-9780226315720","title":"African Successes, Volume III: Modernization and Development Volume 3","description":"Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate exceeding five percent in some regions. The African Successes series looks at recent improvements in living standards and other measures of development in many African countries with an eye toward identifying what shaped them and the extent to which lessons learned are transferable and can guide policy in other nations and at the international level. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The third volume in the series, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Successes: Modernization and Development \u003c\/i\u003elooks at the rise in private production in spite of difficult institutional and physical environments. The volume emphasizes the ways that technologies, including mobile phones, have made growth in some areas especially dynamic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022631572X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226315720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Sebastian Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447600427263,"sku":"9780226315720","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b333e60-2232-4323-9e05-a365df3e91f3.jpg?v=1777233773","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-successes-volume-iii-sebastian-edwards-9780226315720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}