Growing with Debt in African Economies through Improved Governance

November 19, 2021

“Growing with Debt in African Economies through Improved Governance: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls” edited by Njuguna Ndung’u and Abebe Shimeles was published from papers that emanated from the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Plenary Session of December 2017 and June 2019. These papers have been published in the Journal of African Economies (JAE), Volume 30 Supplement 1 of November 2021.

The range of papers included in this volume include the following: Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls by Njuguna Ndung’u, Abebe Shimeles and Damiano K. Manda; African Countries’ Debt: A Tale of Acceleration at Multiple Speeds and Shades by Vera Songwe and Christine Awiti; Africa’s Development Debts by Benno J. Ndulu and Stephen A. O’Connell; Debt, Growth and Stability in Africa: Speculative Calculations and Policy Responses by Shantayanan Devarajan, Indermit S. Gill and Kenan Karakülah; Public Debt Accumulation in SSA: A Looming Debt Crisis by Michael Atingi-Ego, Sayed Timuno and Tiviniton Makuve and Corruption Perception and Attitude Towards Taxation in Africa by Amadou Boly, Maty Konte and Abebe Shimeles.

The Journal of African Economies is published by the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. JAE and AERC have a standing agreement for the publication of AERC plenary papers in supplements of the journal. These plenary Papers are usually on cutting-edge economic research prepared by renowned economists and presented at the Plenary Session of the AERC biannual research workshop. Plenary Session is the opening session of a biannual research workshop that provides a forum for updating researchers on innovations in the discipline, as well as for deepening and widening thematic areas, through the presentation of papers, a keynote address and/or discussions by a policy round table.