Célestin Monga is Vice-President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Group. He previously served as Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Senior Economic Adviser-Director at the World Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Peking University. Dr. Monga has published extensively on various dimensions of economic and political development. His books have been translated into several languages and are widely used as teaching tools in academic institutions around the world. His most recent works include Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries (Princeton University Press, 2017), with Justin Yifu Lin; and Nihilism and Negritude: Ways of Living in Africa (Harvard University Press, 2016). Dr. Monga holds graduate degrees from MIT, Harvard University, the Universities of Paris and Pau.Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

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• Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin: Introduction: Africa, the Next Intellectual Frontier Part I: Concepts 1: Fabien Eboussi Boulaga: Prolegomena to Economics as an African Science: A Philosophical Meditation 2: Kathleen Beegle, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza: Households and Income in Africa 3: Catherine Guirkinger and Jean-Philippe Platteau: Transformation of African Farm-cum-Family Structures 4: Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft: The Economics of Marriage in North Africa: A Unifying Theoretical Framework 5: Christopher Malikane: The Theory of the Firm in the African Context 6: Jane I. Guyer: Markets and Urban Provisioning 7: Alan Gelb, Christian J. Meyer, and Vijaya Ramachandran: Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing Middle 8: Stephen Golub and Faraz Hayat: Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa 9: Mthuli Ncube: Inclusive Growth in Africa 10: Abebe Shimeles: Poverty: Shifting Fortunes and New Perspectives 11: Arne Bigsten: Dimensions of African Inequality 12: Richard Joseph: Inclusive Growth and Developmental Governance: The Next African Frontiers 13: Melissa A. Thomas: Economics and the Study of Corruption in Africa 14: Francois Bourguignon: Thoughts on Development: The African Experience 15: Hippolyte Fofack: The Idea of Economic Development: Views from Africa Part II: Methodological Issues 16: Célestin Monga: Principles of Economics: African Challenges 17: Felwine Sarr: Economics and Culture in Africa 18: Laura Camfield: The Economics of Non-Cognitive Skills 19: Andrew Berg, Shu-Chun S. Yang, and Luis-Felipe Zanna: Modeling African Economies: A DSGE Approach 20: Morten Jerven: Measuring Economic Progress in the African Context 21: Patrick Guillaumont: Measuring Structural Economic Vulnerability in Africa 22: Célestin Monga: Measuring Democracy: An Economic Approach 23: Olumide Taiwo and Julius A. Agbor: Measurement and Analysis of Competitiveness Part III: Historical Trajectories and Economic Landscape 24: Paul Collier: Africa's New Economic Opportunities 25: Christopher Cramer and Ha-Joon Chang: Tigers or Tiger Prawns? The African Growth 'Tragedy' and 'Renaissance' in Perspective 26: Warren C. Whatley: The Economic Legacies of the African Slave Trades 27: Gareth Austin: The Economics of Colonialism in Africa 28: Olu Ajakaije and Afeikhena Jerome: Public-Private Interface for Inclusive Development in Africa 29: Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi and Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed: Natural Resources in Africa: Precious Boon or Precious Bane? 30: Xubei Luo: Volatility and Vulnerability 31: Maria E. (Mila) Freire, Somik Lall, and Danny Leipziger: Africa's Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities 32: Tomonori Sudo: Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Africa 33: Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin: Informality, Growth and Development in Africa 34: Scott D. Taylor: Capitalism and African Business Cultures Part IV: The Economics of Political Transformation 35: Takaaki Masaki and Nicolas van de Walle: The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012 36: Raj M. Desai, Anders Olofsgård, and Tarik M. Yousef: The Economics of Authoritarianism in North Africa 37: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Potential Economic Dividends of North African Revolutions 38: Anke Hoeffler: The Economics of Violent Conflict and War in Africa 39: Juliet Elu and Gregory Price: The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa 40: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening 41: Roger B. Myerson: Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development 42: Nadareh Chamlou: The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa

Célestin Monga is Vice-President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Group. He previously served as Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Senior Economic Adviser-Director at the World Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Peking University. Dr. Monga has published extensively on various dimensions of economic and political development. His books have been translated into several languages and are widely used as teaching tools in academic institutions around the world. His most recent works include Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries (Princeton University Press, 2017), with Justin Yifu Lin; and Nihilism and Negritude: Ways of Living in Africa (Harvard University Press, 2016). Dr. Monga holds graduate degrees from MIT, Harvard University, the Universities of Paris and Pau.Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

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• Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin: Introduction: Africa, the Next Intellectual Frontier Part I: Concepts 1: Fabien Eboussi Boulaga: Prolegomena to Economics as an African Science: A Philosophical Meditation 2: Kathleen Beegle, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza: Households and Income in Africa 3: Catherine Guirkinger and Jean-Philippe Platteau: Transformation of African Farm-cum-Family Structures 4: Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft: The Economics of Marriage in North Africa: A Unifying Theoretical Framework 5: Christopher Malikane: The Theory of the Firm in the African Context 6: Jane I. Guyer: Markets and Urban Provisioning 7: Alan Gelb, Christian J. Meyer, and Vijaya Ramachandran: Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing Middle 8: Stephen Golub and Faraz Hayat: Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa 9: Mthuli Ncube: Inclusive Growth in Africa 10: Abebe Shimeles: Poverty: Shifting Fortunes and New Perspectives 11: Arne Bigsten: Dimensions of African Inequality 12: Richard Joseph: Inclusive Growth and Developmental Governance: The Next African Frontiers 13: Melissa A. Thomas: Economics and the Study of Corruption in Africa 14: Francois Bourguignon: Thoughts on Development: The African Experience 15: Hippolyte Fofack: The Idea of Economic Development: Views from Africa Part II: Methodological Issues 16: Célestin Monga: Principles of Economics: African Challenges 17: Felwine Sarr: Economics and Culture in Africa 18: Laura Camfield: The Economics of Non-Cognitive Skills 19: Andrew Berg, Shu-Chun S. Yang, and Luis-Felipe Zanna: Modeling African Economies: A DSGE Approach 20: Morten Jerven: Measuring Economic Progress in the African Context 21: Patrick Guillaumont: Measuring Structural Economic Vulnerability in Africa 22: Célestin Monga: Measuring Democracy: An Economic Approach 23: Olumide Taiwo and Julius A. Agbor: Measurement and Analysis of Competitiveness Part III: Historical Trajectories and Economic Landscape 24: Paul Collier: Africa's New Economic Opportunities 25: Christopher Cramer and Ha-Joon Chang: Tigers or Tiger Prawns? The African Growth 'Tragedy' and 'Renaissance' in Perspective 26: Warren C. Whatley: The Economic Legacies of the African Slave Trades 27: Gareth Austin: The Economics of Colonialism in Africa 28: Olu Ajakaije and Afeikhena Jerome: Public-Private Interface for Inclusive Development in Africa 29: Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi and Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed: Natural Resources in Africa: Precious Boon or Precious Bane? 30: Xubei Luo: Volatility and Vulnerability 31: Maria E. (Mila) Freire, Somik Lall, and Danny Leipziger: Africa's Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities 32: Tomonori Sudo: Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Africa 33: Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin: Informality, Growth and Development in Africa 34: Scott D. Taylor: Capitalism and African Business Cultures Part IV: The Economics of Political Transformation 35: Takaaki Masaki and Nicolas van de Walle: The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012 36: Raj M. Desai, Anders Olofsgård, and Tarik M. Yousef: The Economics of Authoritarianism in North Africa 37: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Potential Economic Dividends of North African Revolutions 38: Anke Hoeffler: The Economics of Violent Conflict and War in Africa 39: Juliet Elu and Gregory Price: The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa 40: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening 41: Roger B. Myerson: Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development 42: Nadareh Chamlou: The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa

Célestin Monga is Vice-President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Group. He previously served as Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Senior Economic Adviser-Director at the World Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Peking University. Dr. Monga has published extensively on various dimensions of economic and political development. His books have been translated into several languages and are widely used as teaching tools in academic institutions around the world. His most recent works include Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries (Princeton University Press, 2017), with Justin Yifu Lin; and Nihilism and Negritude: Ways of Living in Africa (Harvard University Press, 2016). Dr. Monga holds graduate degrees from MIT, Harvard University, the Universities of Paris and Pau.Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

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• Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin: Introduction: Africa, the Next Intellectual Frontier Part I: Concepts 1: Fabien Eboussi Boulaga: Prolegomena to Economics as an African Science: A Philosophical Meditation 2: Kathleen Beegle, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza: Households and Income in Africa 3: Catherine Guirkinger and Jean-Philippe Platteau: Transformation of African Farm-cum-Family Structures 4: Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft: The Economics of Marriage in North Africa: A Unifying Theoretical Framework 5: Christopher Malikane: The Theory of the Firm in the African Context 6: Jane I. Guyer: Markets and Urban Provisioning 7: Alan Gelb, Christian J. Meyer, and Vijaya Ramachandran: Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing Middle 8: Stephen Golub and Faraz Hayat: Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa 9: Mthuli Ncube: Inclusive Growth in Africa 10: Abebe Shimeles: Poverty: Shifting Fortunes and New Perspectives 11: Arne Bigsten: Dimensions of African Inequality 12: Richard Joseph: Inclusive Growth and Developmental Governance: The Next African Frontiers 13: Melissa A. Thomas: Economics and the Study of Corruption in Africa 14: Francois Bourguignon: Thoughts on Development: The African Experience 15: Hippolyte Fofack: The Idea of Economic Development: Views from Africa Part II: Methodological Issues 16: Célestin Monga: Principles of Economics: African Challenges 17: Felwine Sarr: Economics and Culture in Africa 18: Laura Camfield: The Economics of Non-Cognitive Skills 19: Andrew Berg, Shu-Chun S. Yang, and Luis-Felipe Zanna: Modeling African Economies: A DSGE Approach 20: Morten Jerven: Measuring Economic Progress in the African Context 21: Patrick Guillaumont: Measuring Structural Economic Vulnerability in Africa 22: Célestin Monga: Measuring Democracy: An Economic Approach 23: Olumide Taiwo and Julius A. Agbor: Measurement and Analysis of Competitiveness Part III: Historical Trajectories and Economic Landscape 24: Paul Collier: Africa's New Economic Opportunities 25: Christopher Cramer and Ha-Joon Chang: Tigers or Tiger Prawns? The African Growth 'Tragedy' and 'Renaissance' in Perspective 26: Warren C. Whatley: The Economic Legacies of the African Slave Trades 27: Gareth Austin: The Economics of Colonialism in Africa 28: Olu Ajakaije and Afeikhena Jerome: Public-Private Interface for Inclusive Development in Africa 29: Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi and Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed: Natural Resources in Africa: Precious Boon or Precious Bane? 30: Xubei Luo: Volatility and Vulnerability 31: Maria E. (Mila) Freire, Somik Lall, and Danny Leipziger: Africa's Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities 32: Tomonori Sudo: Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Africa 33: Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin: Informality, Growth and Development in Africa 34: Scott D. Taylor: Capitalism and African Business Cultures Part IV: The Economics of Political Transformation 35: Takaaki Masaki and Nicolas van de Walle: The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012 36: Raj M. Desai, Anders Olofsgård, and Tarik M. Yousef: The Economics of Authoritarianism in North Africa 37: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Potential Economic Dividends of North African Revolutions 38: Anke Hoeffler: The Economics of Violent Conflict and War in Africa 39: Juliet Elu and Gregory Price: The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa 40: Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Hakim Ben Hammouda: The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening 41: Roger B. Myerson: Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development 42: Nadareh Chamlou: The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa