This book seeks to identify, in an international perspective, what has, and has not, worked in structural adjustment programs in Africa, to explain key weaknesses, and to put forward feasible alternatives Published for and on behalf of the United Nations It rejects both pessimism over Africa's future as well as excessive hype about the power and одкца potential of foreign direct investment as an agent of change It argues for policies which stimulate private domestic investment and link it to export expansion and upgrading, and for a supportive international environment which includes debt relief, improved development assistance and better market access.  JacquesISBN 0865438080.