DR. OLU AJAKAIYE Professor of Economics at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) RICHARD BALDWIN Professor of Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, expertise in International Economics MICHAEL BLEANEY Professor of Economics at the University of Reading and Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at the University of Nottingham PAUL COLLIER Professor of Economics, Director of C.S.A.E., Visiting Professor at the Kennedy School of Government and an Associate of HIID Harvard University RAJEN DABEE Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Mauritius DEAN A. DEROSA Chairman of ADR International, Ltd., a consulting firm specializing in international trade and development economics based in Falls Church, Virginia, USA DAVID FIELDING Lecture in Economics at the University of Nottingham, England JEFFREY C. FINE Independent Consultant based in Ottawa, Canada CHARLES JEBUNI Lecturer, University of Ghana, Legon, currently on sabbatical atthe National Policy Research institute in Accra WALTER KENNES Head of Sector Regional Integration and PROGRAMMING IN THE Directorate General for Development of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium WILLIAM LYAKURWA Training Co-ordinator with the African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi DR. ANDREW MCKAY Lecturer in Economics at CREDIT and Department of Economic, University of Nottingham CHRIS MILNER Professor of International Economic and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Nottingham DR. N.K. NG'ENO Lecturer at the Department of Economics, at the University of Nairobi STEPHEN A. O'CONNELL Associate Professor of Economics at Swathmore College H.M.A. ONITIRI formerly Professor of Economics, University of Ibadan and long-time consultant with UNECA PIRITTA SORSA International Monetary Fund, Geneva Office ADEDOYIN SOYIBO Professor of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

• List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction and Overview; A.Oyejide, B.Ndulu and J.W.Gunning Côte d'Ivoire; A.McKay, K.Oussou and B.Bouabre Ghana; K.Tutu and A.Oduro Nigeria; O.Ajakaiye and A.Soyibo Kenya; F.Mwega Mauritius; C.Milner and R.Dabee Tanzania; B.Ndulu, J.Semboja and A.V.Y.Mbelle Uganda; G.Ssemogerere and D.Fielding South Africa; A.Hirsch, M.Holden, C.Jenkins and M.Bleaney Zambia; C.Adam and F.Musonda Zimbabwe; M.Ncube, P.Collier, K.Mlambo and J.Gunning Index