African Economies in Transition

CHRISTOPHER ADAM Lecturer in Development Economics and Research Associate, Centre for Study of African Economies, University of OxfordEDGARDO BARANDIARAN Principal Economist, African Region, World BankELLIOT BERG Consultant in African Studies, Development Alternatives Inc.DAVID BEVAN Fellow of St John's College and member of Centre for Study of African Economies, University of OxfordJAN WILLEM GUNNING Professor Economics, Free University, Amsterdam

• Notes on the Contributors PART 1: THE STATE IN MACROECONOMIC REFORMS The Changing Role of the State in Formerly-Socialist Economies of Africa; J.A.Paulson & M.Gavin Government in Africa's Emerging Market Economies; E.Barandiaran The Macroeconomics of the Transition from African Socialism ; D.Bevan & P.Collier Exchange Rate Management in Liberalising African Economies; P.Collier & J.W.Gunning The Impact of Liberalisation on Private Investment; P.Collier & J.W.Gunning PART 2: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATISATION Privatisation in Sub Saharan Africa; E.Berg Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Issues in Regulation and the Macroeconomics of Transitions; C.Adam Index