Contemporary economic issues in developing countries/ John Baffoe-Bonnie and Mohammed Khayum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction (John Baffoe-Bonnie and Mohammed Khayum); 2. International debt: ten lessons for the new millennium (John Loxley); 3. Population dynamics and food production in sub-Saharan Africa (Henry Rempel and Kazi Nazrul Islam); 4. Ongoing fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa (David Shapiro and Basile Oleko Tambashe); 5. Poverty estimates and poverty-reducing strategies for the developing economy (John Gafar); 6. Environmental issues in economic growth: application of an EQT model for developing countries (Fidel Ezeala-Harrison); 7. Rent-seeking and economic growth in developing countries (John Mukum Mbaku and Mwangi S. Kimenyi); 8. Corruption control in developing societies: lessons from public choice (John Mukum Mbaku); 9. Fiscal and monetary policies for economic development (James C.W. Ahiakpor); 10. Why structural adjustment failed in Africa (George B.N. Ayittey); 11. Openness and economic performance of developing countries (Richard E. Mshomba); 12. Government spending, human capital, and endogenous growth in developing countries (John Baffoe-Bonnie); 13. Life-cycle consumption, economic development, and planning horizon in developing countries (John Baffoe-Bonnie and Mohammed Khayum); 14. Defense spending and economic growth (Wimal Rankaduwa).