Augustin Fosu

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

• “Explaining Four Decades of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa,” (with E. Aryeetey) in
  McMahon, H. S. Esfahani and L. Squire, eds., Diversity in Economic Growth: Global
  Insights and Explanations, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 6, pp. 211-
  254.
• “Poverty in Africa: An Overview,” (with G. Mwabu and E. Thorbecke), in A. Fosu, G.
  Mwabu and E. Thorbecke, eds., Poverty in Africa: Analytical and Policy Perspectives,
  Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press, 2009, pp. 1-15.
• “Ghana’s Post-independence Economic Growth, 1960-2000” (with E. Aryeetey), in E.
  Aryeetey and R. Kanbur, editors, The Economy of Ghana: Analytical Perspectives on
  Stability, Growth and Poverty, Woodbridge, U.K.: James Currey, 2008, pp. 36-77.
• “Anti-Growth Syndromes in Africa: A Synthesis of the Case Studies,” in Ndulu, B. et al,
  eds., The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000, Cambridge:
  Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 137-172.
• “Economic Growth in Ghana, 1960-2000” (with E. Aryeetey), in Ndulu et al, eds., The
  Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000: Country Case Studies,
  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 289-324.
• “Instabilities and Development in Africa,” in Senghor, J. C. and N. K. Poku, eds., Towards
  Africa’s Renewal, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007, pp. 209-224.
• “Introduction: Malaria and Poverty in Africa” (with G. Mwabu), in A. Fosu and G. Mwabu,
  eds., Malaria and Poverty in Africa, Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press, 2007, 1-9.
• “Understanding Malaria and Poverty in Africa: A Framework,” (with G. Mwabu), in A.
  Fosu and G. Mwabu, eds., Malaria and Poverty in Africa, Nairobi: University of Nairobi
  Press, 2007, 11-41.
• “Introduction: Post-conflict Economies in Africa,” in A. K. Fosu and P. Collier, eds., Postconflict
  Economies in Africa, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2005, pp. xv-xxv.
• “Post-conflict Economies in Africa: Synthesis and Lessons,” in A. K. Fosu and P. Collier,
  eds., Post Conflict Economies in Africa, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2005, pp.231-240.
• “The Social Impact of Globalization: The Scope for National Policies,” in Marco Vivarelli
  and Eddy Lee, eds., Understanding Globalization, Employment and Poverty Reduction, ILO
  Volume, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004, pp. 327-348.
• “International Trade and Labor Market Adjustment in Developing Countries,” in D.
  Greenaway, R. Upward and K. Wakelin, eds., Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour
  Market Adjustment, London: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2002, pp. 137-156.
• “The Joys and Sorrows of Openness: A Review Essay – Comment,” in M.S. Osterbaan et al.,
  Economic Growth and Its Determinants, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp.
  68-73.
• “Instabilities and Economic Growth in Contemporary Africa: The Role of Export Price
  Instability,” in Thomas D. Boston, ed., African-American Economic Thought, London:
  Routledge, 1997, pp. 401-409.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• “Does Inequality Constrain Poverty Programs? Evidence from Africa,” Journal of Policy
  Modeling, 2010
• “Inequality, Income and Poverty: Comparative Global Evidence,” Social Science Quarterly,
  91(5), December 2010
• “The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public-Expenditure Composition in Sub-
  Saharan Africa,” African Development Review, 22(3), 2010, 378-393.
• “The Effect of Income Distribution on the Ability of Growth to Reduce Poverty:
  Evidence from Rural and Urban African Economies,” American Journal of Economics
  and Sociology, vol. 69(3), July 2010, 1034-1053.
• “Africa’s Economic Future: Learning from the Past,” CESifo Forum, 11(1), Spring 2010, pp.
  62-71.
• “Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan
  Africa,” Journal of Development Studies, 45(5), May 2009, 726-745.
• “Implications of External Debt-Servicing Constraint for Public Health Expenditure in Sub-
  Saharan Africa,” Oxford Development Studies, 36(4), December 2008, 363-377.
• “Democracy and Growth in Africa: Implications of Increasing Electoral
  Competitiveness,” Economics Letters, 100, September 2008, 442-444.
• “Inequality and the Growth-Poverty Nexus: Specification Empirics Using African Data,” Applied
  Economics Letters, 15(7-9), June-July 2008, 563-566.
• “Gains from Trade: Implications for Labor Market Adjustment and Poverty Reduction in Africa,”
  (with A. Mold), African Development Review, 20(1), April 2008, pp. 20-48.
• “Fiscal Allocation for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of the External Debt
  Service Constraint,” World Development, 35(4), April 2007, pp. 702-713.
• “Mapping Growth into Economic Development: Has Elite Political Instability Mattered in
  Sub-Saharan Africa?” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 63(5), November
  2004, pp. 137-156.
• “Political Instability and Export Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Journal of
  Development Studies, Vol. 39, No. 4 (April 2003), pp. 67-83.
• “Explaining Slow Growth in Africa,” (with J-P Azam and N Ndung’u), African
  Development Review, Vol. 14, No. 2 (December 2002), pp. 177-220.
• “Economic Volatilities and Growth in Latin America: Comparative Evidence with Sub-
  Saharan Africa on Export vs. Capital Instability,” Economia Internazionale/International
  Economics, Vol. 55, No. 1 (February 2002), pp. 1-16.
• “Transforming Growth to Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Elite
  Political Instability,” Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 2002), pp.9-19.
• “Political Instability and Economic Growth: Implications of Coup Events in Sub-Saharan
  Africa,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 1 (January 2002), pp.
  329-348. (Reprinted in Laurence S. Moss, ed., The New Political Economies, Oxford:
  Blackwell Publishers, 2002.)
• “The Global Setting and African Economic Growth,” Journal of African Economies, Vol. 10,
  No. 3 (October 2001), pp. 282-310.
• “Political Instability and Economic Growth in Developing Economies: Some Specification
  Empirics,” Economics Letters, Vol. 70, No. 2 (2001), pp. 289-294.
• “Economic Fluctuations and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Importance of Import
  Instability,” Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 37, No. 3 (February 2001), pp. 71-84.
• “The External Debt Burden and Economic Growth in the 1980s: Evidence from Sub-Saharan
  Africa,” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Volume 20, No. 2 (1999), pp. 307-318.
• “The Impact of External Debt on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Journal of
  Economic Development, Vol. 21, No. 1 (1996), pp. 93-118.
• “Primary Exports and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” World Economy, Vol.
  19, No. 4 (July 1996), pp. 465-475.
• “Development Level, Trade and Economic Growth: Comparative Evidence from the More
  Developed Countries,” Economia Internazionale, Vol. 49, No. 2 (1996), pp. 221-234.
• “Kuznets’s Inverted-U Hypothesis: Comment,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 59, No. 3
  (January, 1993), pp. 523-527.
• “Political Instability and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa,” Economic
  Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 40, No. 4 (July, 1992), pp. 829-841.
• “Effect of Export Instability on Economic Growth in Africa,” Journal of Developing Areas,
  Vol. 26, No. 3 (April 1992), pp. 323-332.
• “Capital Instability and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Journal of Development
  Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1 (October 1991), pp. 74-85.
• “Influences of International Factors on U.S. Prices: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis,”
  Applied Economics, Vol. 23, No. 3 (March 1991), pp. 517-524.
• “Export Composition and the Impact of Exports on Economic Growth of Developing
  Economies,” Economics Letters, Vol. 34, No. 1 (September 1990), pp. 67-71.
• “Exports and Economic Growth: The African Case,” World Development, Vol. 18, No. 6
  (June 1990), pp. 831-835.
• “International Sector Prices as Signals for U.S. Price Behavior,” Journal of Economics, Vol.
  X, 1984, pp. 21-25.
• “International Impacts on U.S. Inflation in the 1970s” (with F.R. Strobel), Eastern Economic
  Journal, Vol. IX, No. 4 (October-December 1983), pp. 323-331. (Abstract in Journal of
  Economic Literature, Vol. XXII, No. 4 (Dec. 1984), p. 1996.
  Labor Economics (Journal Articles)
• “Labor Force Participation of Married Women: Do Regions Matter? American Economist,
  Vol. 44, No. 1, (Spring 2000), pp. 70-80.
• “Anti-discrimination Measures of the 1960s and Occupational Mobility: Evidence for Black
  American Men,” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Winter 2000), pp. 169-180.
• “Racial and Gender Differences in Unemployment in an Urban Labor Market: The Case of
  Detroit,” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Winter 2000), pp. 35-47.
• “Cost of Living and Labor Force Participation: Married Women in Urban Labor Markets,”
  Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring 1999), pp. 219-232.
• “Occupational Gains of Black Women since the 1964 Civil Rights Act: Longterm or
  Episodic?” American Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 2 (May 1997), pp. 311-314.
• “Labor Force Participation of Black and White Married Women: Evidence from Urban Labor
  Markets,” Review of Black Political Economy (Summer 1995), 24 (1), pp. 45-64.
• “Occupational Mobility and Post-1964 Earnings Gains by Black Women,” American
  Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 2 (May 1995), pp. 143-147.
• “Do Black and White Women Hold Different Jobs in the Same Occupation? A Critical
  Analysis of the Clerical and Service Sectors,” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 21,
  No. 4 (Spring 1993), pp. 68-82. (Reprinted in Stewart, J. B., ed., African Americans and
  Post-industrial Labor Markets, New Brunswick, N.J. and London: Transaction, 1997, pp.
  189-203.)
• “Nonwage Benefits as a Limited-Dependent Variable: Implications for the Impact of
  Unions,” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 1993), pp. 29-43.
• “Occupational Mobility of Black Women, 1958-1981: The Impact of Post-1964
  Antidiscrimination Measures,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 45, No. 2
  (January, 1992), pp. 281-294. (Reprinted in William Darity, Jr., ed., Economics and
  Discrimination, London: Elgar, 1995, pp. 532-545.)
• “Labor Force Participation by Married Women: Recent Intercity Evidence,” Eastern
  Economic Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3 (July – Sept., 1990), pp. 229-238. (Abstracted, Journal of
  Economic Literature, Vol. 29, No. 2 (June 1991), p. 947)
• “Trends in Relative Earnings Gains by Black Women: Implications for the Future,” Review
  of Black Political Economy, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 1988), pp. 31-45.
• “Price Inflation and Wage Inflation: A Cause-Effect Relationship?” (with Md. Shamsul
  Huq), Economics Letters, Vol. 27, No. 1 (1988), pp. 35-40.
• “Explaining Post-1964 Earnings Gains by Black Women: Race or Sex?” Review of Black
  Political Economy, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Winter 1987), pp. 41-55.
• “Unions and Fringe Benefits: Additional Evidence,” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. V, No.
  3 (Summer 1984), pp. 247-254.
• “Impact of Unionism on Pension Fringes,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Fall 1983),
  pp. 419-425.
• “The Research Productivity of Black Economists: Ranking by Individuals and Doctoral Alma
  Mater – Comment,” Review of Black Political Economy, 33(3) (Winter 2006), pp. 45-49.
• “An Evaluation of Agency Theory Influence in Pension Accounting,” (with G. Lander and
  A. Reinstein), Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 8, No.1 (Winter 1992), pp.13-16.
• “Preferred Speed, Actual Speed, and Marginal Benefit of Transportation Resources,” (with
  O. Izraeli), Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 26, No.1 (March 1990), pp. 77-92.
• “Institutions, Governance and Economic Development in Africa: An Overview,” (with R.
  Bates and A. Hoeffler), in Journal of African Economies, Supplement 1, 2006, 15(0), pp. 1-9.
• “Explaining African Economic Growth: The Role of Anti-growth Syndromes,” (with S.
  O’Connell), Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), (Francois
  Bourguignon and Boris Pleskovic, eds.) Washington, DC: World Bank, 2006, pp. 31-66.
• “Growth and Poverty in Africa: An Overview,” (with A. Bigsten) in Journal of African
  Economies, Vol. 13, Supplement 1, July 2004, pp. 1-15.
• “Public Sector Delivery: A Synthesis,” (with T. Ryan) in Journal of African Economies, Vol.
  13, Supplement 1, July 2004, pp. 137-141.
• “Economic Reforms and Restructuring in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview” (with M.
  Kimenyi and N. Ndung’u) in Journal of African Economies, Vol. 12, Supplement 2,
  September 2003, pp. 1-11.
• “Globalization: An Overview” (with D. Bevan), in Journal of African Economies, Vol. 11,
  Supplement 1, February 2003, pp. 1-13.
• “Privatization and Corporate Governance: An Overview” (with M. Ayogu), in Journal of
  African Economies, Volume 11, Supplement 1 (February 2002), pp. 1-9.
• “Business Environment and Investment in Africa: An Overview” (with K. Mlambo and T.
  W. Oshikoya), in Journal of African Economies, Vol. 10, Suppl. 2 (Sept. 2001), pp. 1-11.
• “Financial and Currency Crises: An Overview” (with L. Senbet), in Journal of African
  Economies, Vol. 10, Supplement 1 (February 2001), pp. 1-15.
• “Poverty, Inequality and Intrahousehold Allocation Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: An
  Overview” (with G. Mwabu), in Journal of African Economies, Vol. 9, Supplement 1 (June
  2000), pp. 3-8.

Technical Papers, Policy Briefs, etc

• Country Role Models for Development Success: The Ghana Case
• The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public Expenditure Composition: Evidence from African Economies
• Gains from Trade: Implications for Labour Market Adjustment and Poverty Reduction in Africa
• The Global Economic Crisis: Towards Syndrome-Free Recovery for Africa
• The Global Financial Crisis and Development: Whither Africa?
• Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence
• Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa
• Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in Africa
• Understanding the African Growth Record: the Importance of Policy Syndromes and Governance
• “Promoting Competitiveness in Manufacturing in SSA” (with S. M. Nsouli and A.
  Varoudakis), in A. K. Fosu, S. M. Nsouli and A. Varoudakis, eds., Policies to Promote
  Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Paris: OECD, 2001, pp. 9-12.
• “A Panoramic View of Policies for Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan
  Africa,” in A. K. Fosu, S. Nsouli and A. Varoudakis, eds., Promoting Competitiveness in
  Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Paris: OECD, 2001, pp. 129-132.

Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, etc)

• “External Debt Service Constraint and Government Expenditure on Education in Sub-
  Saharan Africa: Some Implications for Nigeria,” Human Resource Development in Africa:
  Selected Papers for the 2002 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society, Ibadan:
  NES Secretariat, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, 2003, 33-49.
• “Charting the Future of Africa: Avoiding Policy Syndromes and Improving Governance,” in
  the proceedings of UNU-UNESCO International Conference, ‘Africa and Globalization:
• Learning from the Past, Enabling a Better Future’, 28-29 September 2009, Tokyo, Japan, pp.
  90-107 (published by UNESCO, 2009).
• “Poverty and Development,” editorial, World Health Organization Bulletin, 85(10), October
  2007, pp 1-2.
• “Policy Syndromes and African Economic Growth,” WIDER Angle, Helsinki: UN
  University-World Institute for Development Economic Research (WIDER), 1/2007, pp. 1-3.
• Economic Report on Africa 2006: Capital Flows and Development Financing in Africa, UN
  Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa: UNECA, 2006 (annual UNECA
  flagship publication produced under my direct supervision).
• Economic Report on Africa 2005: Meeting the Challenges of Unemployment and Poverty in
  Africa, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa: UNECA, 2005
  (annual UNECA flagship publication produced under my direct supervision).
• “Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges,” UNECA: Addis
  Ababa, 2005 (special report produced and published under my direct supervision).
  Review of: Claude Ake, Democracy and Development in Africa, Washington, DC: Brookings
  Institution, 1996. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4 (April 1998), pp. 171-172
  (also in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1997).
• Review of: Jack E. Triplet (editor), The Measurement of Labor Cost, National Bureau of
  Economic Research Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Vol. 48, Chicago:
  University of Chicago Press, 1983 (539 pages). Journal of Labor Research, Vol. VII, No. 1
  (Winter 1986), pp. 95-98.
• Review of: James E. Annable, Jr., Industrial Labor: The Role of Industrial Wages in Business
  Cycles and Economic Growth, Heath: Lexington Books, 1984 (256 pages). Journal of
  Economic Literature, Vol. XXII, No. 4 (December 1984), pp. 1676-1677.

• African Development: Myths and Realities
• Country Role Models for Development Success
• Impact of Globalization on the World’s Poor
• New Directions in Development Economics
• New Directions in Development Economics