FIDELIS EZEALA-HARRISON received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Manitoba, an M.A. from York University in Toronto, and a B.A. from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Dr. Ezeala-Harrison is and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada, and has held faculty positions at Brandon University and Imo State University. With research interest in labor market problems, international development, and poverty issues, he has published in leading economic journals, and has ongoing research in both theoretical and practical aspects of these areas.SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Economics and Business at Trinity Western University, Langley, Canada. His research interests are in heteroskedasticity pretesting in regression analysis, the role of human factor in economic development, and international business. He has published several articles in econometrics and economic development, and is currently the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development.

• Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments General Introduction What Ails African Economies: Lessons from Over-Stretched Underdevelopment The Human Factor and The Failure of Economic Development and Policies in Africa Theoretical Perspectives on African Economic Development Employment and Productivity in African Agriculture: Theory and Empirical Analysis The Role of Urban Informal Activity in the Rural-to-Urban Transition in Africa Technological Change Strategy for Economic Development in Africa National Income and Consumption Planning in African Countries: Theory and Empirical Evidence Corruption and Economic Development in Africa: A Comparative Analysis African Subsistence Labor Allocation: A Model with Implications for Rural Development and Urban Unemployment Structural Perspectives on African Underdevelopment Africa's Debt Crisis: The African Position towards the Solution Industrializing Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cooperative Rather than a Competitive Effort Bankrupting the Lower Income Classes in Sub-Saharan Africa The Political Economy of Development in Africa: Reflections on Orthodox Thinking and Policy Education and Economic Growth in Ghana Index

FIDELIS EZEALA-HARRISON received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Manitoba, an M.A. from York University in Toronto, and a B.A. from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Dr. Ezeala-Harrison is and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada, and has held faculty positions at Brandon University and Imo State University. With research interest in labor market problems, international development, and poverty issues, he has published in leading economic journals, and has ongoing research in both theoretical and practical aspects of these areas.SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Economics and Business at Trinity Western University, Langley, Canada. His research interests are in heteroskedasticity pretesting in regression analysis, the role of human factor in economic development, and international business. He has published several articles in econometrics and economic development, and is currently the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development.

• Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments General Introduction What Ails African Economies: Lessons from Over-Stretched Underdevelopment The Human Factor and The Failure of Economic Development and Policies in Africa Theoretical Perspectives on African Economic Development Employment and Productivity in African Agriculture: Theory and Empirical Analysis The Role of Urban Informal Activity in the Rural-to-Urban Transition in Africa Technological Change Strategy for Economic Development in Africa National Income and Consumption Planning in African Countries: Theory and Empirical Evidence Corruption and Economic Development in Africa: A Comparative Analysis African Subsistence Labor Allocation: A Model with Implications for Rural Development and Urban Unemployment Structural Perspectives on African Underdevelopment Africa's Debt Crisis: The African Position towards the Solution Industrializing Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cooperative Rather than a Competitive Effort Bankrupting the Lower Income Classes in Sub-Saharan Africa The Political Economy of Development in Africa: Reflections on Orthodox Thinking and Policy Education and Economic Growth in Ghana Index