Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tanzania: growth acceleration and increased public spending with macro stability / David O. Robinson, Matthew Gaertner, and Chris Papageorgiou -- Economic growth & performance in Uganda: the importance of sustained reform / Sarah Ssewanyana, John Mary Matovu and Evarist Twimukye -- Growth & economic transformation in Mozambique / Antonio Nucifora -- Botswana success: good governance, good polices and good luck / Michael Lewin -- Mauritius: an economic success story / Ali Zafar -- Burkina-Faso: strengthening the cotton sector and preparing for balanced growth / Jonathan Kaminski -- Post-conflict economic governance reform: the experience of Liberia / Vishal Gujadhur -- Decentralization in post-conflict Sierra Leone: is the genie out of the bottle? / Vivek Srivastava and Marco Larizza -- A state is born: transport infrastructure and democracy in Somaliland / Jean-Paul Azam -- Growing Mali's mango exports: linking farmers to markets through innovations in the value chain / Yeyande Sangho, Patrick Labaste, and Christophe Ravry -- Economic liberalization in Rwanda's coffee sector: a better brew for success / Karol Boudreaux -- Cocoa in Ghana: shaping the success of an economy / Shashi Kolavalli and Marcella Vigneri -- Apparel exports in Lesotho: the state's role in building critical mass for competitiveness / Malika Shakya -- The success of tourism in Rwanda: gorillas and more / Hannah Nielsen and Anna Spenceley -- Moneymaker pumps: creating wealth in sub-Saharan Africa / I. V. Sijali and M. G. Mwago -- The Nerica success story: development, achievements and lessons learned / Aliou Diagne, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi, Marco Wopereis, and Inoussa Akintayo -- Fertilizer in Kenya: factors driving the increase in usage by smallholder farmers / Joshua Ariga and T. S. Jayne -- The Malawi agricultural inputs subsidy program: experience over 2005-09 / Andrew Dorward, Ephraim Chirwa, T. S. Jayne -- ICT in sub-Saharan Africa: success stories / Kaoru Kimura, Duncan Wambogo Omole, and Mark Williams -- Mobile payments go viral: M-PESA in Kenya / Ignacio Mas and Dan Radcliffe -- IPPs in sub-Saharan Africa: determinants of success / Anton Eberhard and Katharine Nawal Gratwick -- Innovative financing for health in Rwanda: a report of successful reforms / Sekabaraga C., Soucat A., Diop F., Martin G -- Family planning trends in sub-saharan africa: progress, prospects, and lessons learned / Mona Sharan, Saifuddin Ahmed, John May, Agnes Soucat -- Health extension workers in Ethiopia: improved access and coverage for the rural poor / Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, Christopher H. Herbst, Feng Zhao, Agnes Soucat, and Christophe Lemiere -- Africa did! the malaria control success story (2005-2010) / Anne-Maryse Pierre-Louis, Jumana Qamruddin, Isabel Espinosa, and Shilpa Challa -- Achieving universal primary education through school fee abolition: policy lessons from Uganda / B. Essama-Nssah.

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