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1. Development Economics in Action Second Edition

   A Study of Economic Policies in Ghana

   By Tony Killick

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   First published in 1978, Development Economics in Action is a renowned study of policies in Ghana, one of Africa’s most closely watched economies. In this new edition three additional chapters provide a detailed account of 1978-2008....

   Published May 9th 2010 by Routledge
2. Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change

   By Tony Killick

   This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and challenges the widely held assumption that it is a co-operative process, arguing that in fact it tends to be coercive and detrimental to development...

   Published September 23rd 1998 by Routledge
3. IMF Programmes in Developing Countries

   Design and Impact

   By Tony Killick

   Series: Development Policy Studies Series

   The International Monetary Fund is the centre of a global financial system that encourages budgetary discipline and full integration into world trade to facilitate development and alleviate poverty. Yet this policy 'conditionality' of the IMF is highly controversial. Critics state that fifty years...

   Published September 27th 1995 by Routledge
4. The Flexible Economy

   Causes and Consequences of the Adaptability of National Economies

   By Tony Killick

   The accelerating pace of global change demands that economies must be adaptable. Economies which are flexible flourish, as in Eastern Asia. Inflexible economies stagnate, as in Eastern Europe and Africa. However even though adaptability governs the long-term progress of economies, economists have...

   Published December 7th 1994 by Routledge