1st Edition

Economic Development in Ghana and Malaysia A Comparative Analysis

124 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

122 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

122 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Economic Development in Ghana and Malaysia investigates why two countries that appeared to be at more or less the same stage of economic development at one point in time have diverged so substantially. At the time of their independence from the UK in 1957, both Ghana and Malaysia were at roughly the same stage of economic development; in fact, Ghana’s real per capita income was slightly... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Ghana and Malaysia: Pre and Post-Colonial Economic Planning and Policies

3. Economic Growth and Development Theories

4. Survey of the Literature: Determinants of Economic Growth in Ghana

5. Determinants of Economic Growth in Malaysia: Survey of the Literature

6. Summary, Recommendations and Conclusions

Biography

Samuel K. Andoh is Professor of Economics and currently the Director of the MBA Program at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. In the past he served as Chair of the Economics and Finance Department and also as Dean of the School of Business. He spent a semester as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Azerbaijan.



Bernice J. deGannes Scott is Associate Professor at the Economics Department, Spelman College, Georgia, USA.



Grace Ofori-Abebrese is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.