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This book reports why orthodox structural adjustment measures do not have the expected results in Africa. Orthodox measures may be necessary but are frequently not sufficient because of structural factors, some peculiar to individual countries, some found more widely. Six chapters report on extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; three chapters compare countries in Africa (recovery from disaster, labour markets, new financial markets) and one makes comparisons with Asia and Latin America of employment policies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Business History: Concepts and Measurement -- Production, Employment and Labour Productivity in the British Coalfields, 1830-1913: Some Reinterpretations -- 'Wealthy and Titled Persons' - The Accumulation of Riches in Victorian Britain: The Case of Peter Denny -- British Entrepreneurs in Distribution and the Steel Industry -- Interpreting the Record of Wage Negotiations under an Arbitral Regime: A Game Theoretic Approach to the Coal Industry Conciliation Boards, 1893-1914 -- Competition, Co-operation and Nationalisation in the Nineteenth Century Telegraph System -- The Birth and Death of Firms in England and Wales during the Inter-War Years -- Locational Choice, Performance and the Growth of British Multinational Firms -- Index

The book will prove useful wherever courses in development studies are being taught, especially but not only where cost benefit analysis is emphasised. It will also be useful to officials in central banks, ministries, parastatal corporations, development banks and development corporations with responsibility for making or advising on financing decisions