1st Edition

The Political Economy of Underdevelopment in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Christopher E.S. Warburton Copyright 2025
234 Pages 76 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 76 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 76 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a unique combination of history, politics, and economics to rationalize the progression of underdevelopment in Sierra Leone, and the challenges of economic growth and development confronting some Sub-Saharan African countries. It concisely presents the internal frictions that are most responsible for the underdevelopment of Sierra Leonean since 1961, while also benchmarking the... Read more

 Introduction 1. Background to open macroeconomics 2. Contexts for business strategies and rivalry in an underdeveloped economy 3. Economic growth, productivity, and sustainable development 4. International trade and economic growth 5. External threats to macroeconomic stability

Biography

Christopher E.S. Warburton is an international economist with a PhD in international economics from Fordham University. He also holds dual MA degrees in Economics, and International Political Economy and Development (IPED) from Fordham University in New York. As a graduate of Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone, he holds a BA (Hons) in History. He has extensively published peer-reviewed papers in economics and authored multiple books on Economics and law. Two of his most recent publications by Routledge are The Development of International Monetary Policy (2018) and Economic Analysis and Law (2021). He currently teaches Economics and Business courses for the MBA program at Berkeley College in New Jersey, USA.