The Service Sector and Economic Development in Africa

Herausgeber: Wamboye, Evelyn F; Nyaronga, Peter J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The service sector accounts for a huge proportion of global employment, and is the biggest driver of gross domestic product in developing nations. This book presents a new frontier of research, offering insightful perspectives on the 21st century realities of the service sector and its effect on economic development in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138646810
• ISBN-10: 1138646814
• Artikelnr.: 54193796

Autorenporträt

Evelyn F. Wamboye is Associate Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University. Her research areas include foreign capital flows, technological change and issues in international development. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals, book chapters, and a book on foreign capital flows in Africa. Evelyn has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peter J. Nyaronga is Senior Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania. He has contributed to numerous reports and development strategies on tourism and natural resources in the ministry, East African community and South African Development Cooperation. His research is in international economics and development economics. He received his graduate degree from University of Dar es Salaam.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Financial Sector 2. Insurance
Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues, Challenges and Prospects,
Franklin N. Ngwu, Chris I. Ogbechie & Oreva I. Atanya 3. Banking Services,
Institutions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Haruna Issahaku 4.
Financial development and Income Inequality in South Africa, Samuel Adams
and Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu 5. Financial Sector and Economic Development
in Sub-Sahara Africa, 1960-2015, Jean-Claude Nascimento 6. The Importance
of Financial Development in the Promotion of Manufactured Exports in
Africa, Rajen Mookerjee and Evelyn F. Wamboye 7. The dynamics of Bond and
Equities Markets in WAEMU, Romain Houssa and Kelbesa Megersa Part III:
Education Sector 8. Entrepreneurship education service and socioeconomic
development in sub-Saharan Africa, Paschal Anosike, Oluwaseun Kolade and
Pervaiz K. Ahmed 9. A Comparative Analysis of Gendered Labor Market Outcome
in Africa and Asia's Least Developed Countries, Evelyn F. Wamboye and Peter
J. Nyaronga Part IV: Power, Health and ICTs Sectors 10. Unlocking the
Potential of the Power Sector for Industrialization and Poverty Alleviation
in Nigeria, Patrick N. Osakwe 11. Trade in Healthcare Services and Economic
Development: Case of Kenya and South-Africa, Anita Medhekar 12. Information
and Communication Technologies' Impact on Growth and Employment in Africa,
Evelyn F. Wamboye and Kiril Tochkov Part V: Tourism Sector 13. Development
in Africa through Tourism and Services - A theoretical consideration,
Peter J. Stauvermann & Ronald R. Kumar 14. Tourism as Panacea of
Development, Shahdad Naghshpour and Bruno S. Sergi