Description: Explores the vital role that industrial policies can play in bringing about a transformation of African economies
Brief description: Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a member and former chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He was the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He served on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, and then joined the World Bank as chief economist and senior vice president. His most recent book is The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.
Review Quotes: A refreshing and timely intervention in policy debates on the industrialization of African countries. The book is outstanding and should be read not only by those interested in Africa's industrialization but also by readers from other parts of the world who have sought to bring industrial policy back into their own development thinking and endeavors.--Thandika Mkandawire, London School of Economics