TY - BOOK AU - Henning,Christian AU - Badiane,Ousmane AU - Krampe,Eva ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Development Policies and Policy Processes in Africa: Modeling and Evaluation T2 - Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, SN - 9783319607146 AV - HD72-88 U1 - 338.9 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Development economics KW - Economic policy KW - Africa—Economic conditions KW - Poverty KW - Agricultural economics KW - Development Economics KW - Development Policy KW - African Economics KW - Development Aid KW - Agricultural Economics N1 - Introduction -- Part I: Modeling Economic Policies -- Macro-Economic Models -- Micro-Economic and Micro-Macro Linked Models -- Part II: Modeling Policy Processes -- Concluding Remarks; Open Access N2 - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political and economic framework conditions of a country. The contributions in this book offer a continuation of the ongoing evidence-based debate on the role of agriculture and participatory policy processes in reducing poverty. They develop and apply quantitative political economy approaches by integrating quantitative models of political decision-making into existing economic modeling tools, allowing a more comprehensive growth-poverty analysis. The book addresses not only scholars who use quantitative policy modeling and evaluation techniques in their empirical or theoretical research, but also technical experts, including policy makers and analysts from stakeholder organizations, involved in formulating and implementing policies to reduce poverty and to increase economic and social well-being in African countries UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60714-6 ER -