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Economic Reform in Muslim Africa

Economic Reform in Muslim Africa

Economic Reform In Muslim Africa in 2016

Through the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub, USAID supports integration of the region and with the rest of the world. Often in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), USAID helps to improve customs regulation and policy reform to encourage internal and external trade, encourages the use of U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) incentives for trade with the United States, and develops private sector capacity to meet international trade and export standards. Examples include support to Burkina Faso to streamline cargo transport; to Mali and Burkina Faso to formalize livestock trade practices and add value through cattle-fattening; to Nigeria to promote access to trade finance; and to ECOWAS to develop a regional strategy and a 10-year implementation plan for corridor management and development to improve efficiency of transport corridors. USAID also supports AGOA Trade Resource Centers in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Senegal, and the Trade Hub has a satellite office in Senegal.

Further Reading

Adams, Charles. 1993. For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization. New York: Madison Books.

Burgat, Francois. 1997. Trans. William Dowell. The Islamic Movement in North Africa. Austin: University of Texas

Dallal, Ahmad. 1999. “Science, Medicine, and Technology: The Making of a Scientific Culture.” In Esposito 1999.

“Dairy Industry Works Toward Self-Sufficiency.” Saudi Arabia Magazine. January 26, 2005. .

Donner, Fred. “Muhammad and the Caliphate: Political History of the Islamic Empire up to the Mongol Conquest.” In Esposito 1999.

Eisenstadt, S.N. 1965. “Transformation of Social, Political, and Cultural Orders in Modernization.” American Sociological Review, 30 (Oct. 1965), 659-673.

Esposito, John L, Ed. 1999. The Oxford History of Islam. New York: Oxford University.

Kepel, Gilles. 1984. Trans. Jon Rothschild. Muslim Extremism In Egypt: The Prophet and Pharaoh. Berkeley: University of California.

Levine, Donald. 1985. The Flight from Ambiguity: Essays in Social and Cultural Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago.

Lewis, Bernard. 2002. What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response. New York: Oxford University.

McLoughlin, William. 1978. Revivals, Awakenings, and Reforms: An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America, 1607-1777. Chicago: University of Chicago.

Mokyr, Joel. 1990. The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress. New York: Oxford University.

Nasr, S.V.R. 1999. “European Colonialism and the Emergence of Modern Muslim States.” In Esposito 1999.

Owen, Roger. 1993. The Middle East in the World Economy 1800-1914. London: I.B.Tauris & Co.

Pipes, Daniel. 1983. In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power. New York: Basic Books.

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    Future research has much to uncover in understanding the economic development of the Muslim world. What geographical and ecological advantages beyond trade did the Muslim world experience during the Arabian and Ottoman expansion? How have attitudes toward the foreign policy of other nations influenced cultural movements and resistance to technological and political changes? There are regions like Ethiopia, Sachs suggested, that simply have no natural economic prospects – landlocked region with no easy access to bodies of water, mountainous terrain with little land for farming, and no valuable natural resources. Better institutions, organizations, or the ability to use resources in such regions would be irrelevant because the country simply lacks any resources. How can foreign countries assist such nations in economic development without adversely affecting its sociopolitical climate? Other regions, like those of the GCC members, enjoy significant financial advantages through an abundance of valuable resources, but have been economically less viable. Shabsigh finds there to be a lack of efficient use of available resources, while Sachs suggests that Western nations’ political and economic hegemony has stifled the economy and inhibited organic growth. Would a policy that addresses both issues – better use of resources and less political and economic intervention – be more effective than a policy that finds both issues mutually exclusive (and thereby necessitating the use of one or the other)? There are various other aspects that still need to be researched, including the adverse effects of economic development (e.g., the low birth rates in Europe as a product of economic development), and reasons why technological advances in the Muslim world have been scarce in modern times.

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