Title:
Nigeria and Indonesia
Author:
Bevan, David, 1944-
ISBN:
9780195209860
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Published for the World Bank [by] Oxford University Press, c1999.
Physical Description:
xiii, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
World Bank comparative study. Political economy of poverty, equity, and growth
Series Title:
World Bank comparative study. Political economy of poverty, equity, and growth
Contents:
I. Nigeria. 1. The Colonial Period. 2. From Independence to Chaos: 1960-66. 3. Civil War and Reconstruction: 1966-73. 4. The First Oil Cycle: 1973-79. 5. The Second Oil Cycle: 1979-87. 6. Economic Growth and Living Standards: 1950-92. 7. Factor and Product Markets. 8. Government Finance and the Political Economy of Public Policy. 9. Explaining the Outcomes -- II. Indonesia. 10. The Colonial Period. 11. Parliamentary Democracy: 1950-57. 12. Guided Democracy: 1957-66. 13. Stabilization and the New Order: 1966-73. 14. The First Oil Boom: 1973-79. 15. The Second Oil Cycle: 1979-88. 16. Long-Term Trends in Poverty and Equity. 17. Factor and Product Markets. 18. Government Finance and Public Policy. 19. Explaining the Outcomes -- III. A Concluding Comparison. 20. A Comparison.
Abstract:
"This volume analyzes and compares economic growth in Nigeria and Indonesia during the period from 1950 to 1985, addressing the question of why one country was so much more successful than the other. In providing some surprising answers for those who believed that the divergence would be found in deeply rooted, long-term trends, the authors also offer insight into what has become a reversal of fortune in the late 1990s, as Indonesia's economy has declined and Nigeria's economy has stabilized."--BOOK JACKET.