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Economic liberalization and constraints to development in sub-Saharan africa

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Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Rudiger von Arnim

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This paper critically reviews the impact of globalization on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the early 1980s. The large gains expected from opening up to international economic forces have, to date, been limited, and there have been significant adverse consequences. FDI in SSA has been largely confined to resource, especially mineral, extraction, even as continuing capital flight has reduced financial resources available for productive investments. Premature trade liberalization has further undermined prospects for SSA economic development as productive capacities in many sectors are not sufficiently competitive to take advantage of any improvements in market access.

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Paper provided by United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs in its series Working Papers with number 67.

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Keywords: Development; Agriculture; Africa; Trade liberalization; FDI; Bretton Woods Institutions;

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O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
O2 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
O55 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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