Research Guides: Economic Development in Africa: Home

General Reference, Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, & Textbooks

Africa contemporary record: annual survey and documents. (London: Africana Publishing, 1968/69-2002)

Africa south of the Sahara. Annual. (London: Europa, 1971-)

See also: Europa world plus (described below)

"African women entrepreneurs." Web dossier. (March 2023). African Studies Centre Library, Leiden University. (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Area Handbook series [historical]. Prepared by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the US Dept. of the Army. (Washington)

For the handbook of a country, search in CLIO: use country name and "area handbook".
For available online handbooks on Africa, see section on US Dept. of the Army in "US Organizations on Africa," compiled by Columbia University Libraries.

Decker, Corrie and Elisabeth McMahon. The idea of development in Africa : a history. (Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021])
--See also: E-book

The development of Africa : issues, diagnoses and prognoses. E-book. Ed. by Olayinka Akanle and Jìmí Olálékan Adésìnà. (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018)

Diaspora for development in Africa. E-book. Ed. by Sonia Plaza and Dilip Ratha. (Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2011)

Encyclopedia of African history. 3 v. Ed. by Kevin Shillington. (New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005)

Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Edited by Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007)

Entrepreneurship in Africa : a historical approach. Edited by Moses E. Ochonu. (Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018])
--See also: E-book

Europa world plus. (New York, NY : Routledge ; Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-)
Select "Africa South of the Sahara" or "Middle East and North Africa"

Good growth and governance in Africa : rethinking development strategies. Edited by Akbar Noman [and others]. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012) Textbook.
--See also: E-book

Growth and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Channing Arndt, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2016) Textbook.
--See also: E-book

Handbook of African economic development. Edited by Pádraig Carmody and James T. Murphy. (Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024])
--See also: E-book

The handbook of social work and social development in Africa. Edited by Mel Gray. (London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)
--See also: E-book

Historical Dictionary series. Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ ; Lanham, MD)
Most recent editions are in Lehman Library Reference, near "Global Studies". For a dictionary of one country, search in CLIO, with "All fields" in "Advanced Search", and use [current name of country] and "historical dictionary".

Historical dictionary of international organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2nd ed.
By Terry M. Mays and Mark W. DeLancey. (2002)
Historical dictionary of pre-colonial Africa. By Robert O. Collins. (2001)
Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2nd ed. By Kathleen E. Sheldon. (2016) --See also: E-book

Irele, Modupeola. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): a bibliography and sourcebook. (Lagos: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 1990)

Jerven, Morten. Africa : why economists get it wrong. E-book. (London, [England] : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, 2015)
--See also: Print

Jerven, Morten. The wealth and poverty of African states : economic growth, living standards and taxation since the late nineteenth century. E-book. (Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022)
--See also: Print

The Middle East and North Africa. Annual. (London: Europa, 1995-)

See also: Europa world plus (described above)

Langdon, Steven, Archibald R.M. Ritter and Yiagadeesen Samy. African economic development. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018) Textbook.
--See also: E-book

Mbroh, Francis K. The evolution of economic development in Africa : African trade, 1948-2017. (London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022)
--See also: E-book

Migration, remittances, and sustainable development in Africa. E-book. Edited by Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021)

New encyclopedia of Africa, 5 v. Editor in chief, John Middleton; editor, Joseph C. Miller. (Detroit: Thomson/Gale, c2008)

Oxford Bibliographies Online (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press)

--Select "African Studies" and see especially:
African Refugees (2023). By Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso.
African Socialism (2018). By Kelly Askew.
Agricultural History (2024). By Mats Widgren.
Aid and Economic Development (2017). By Alice N. Sindzingre.
Atlantic Slave Trade (2017). By Herbert S. Klein.
Business History (2024). By Stephanie Decker.
China in Africa (2017). By Meine Pieter van Dijk.
Cocoa (2021). By Pius Nyambara and Takesure Taringana.
Economic Anthropology (2020). By Peter Lockwood and Constance Smith.
Economic History (2021). By Ewout Frankema.
Economy, Informal (2016). By Martin J. Murray and Dana Kornberg.
Environmental History (2016). By Gregory H. Maddox.
Famine (2018). By Daniel Maxwell and Merry Fitzpatrick.
Food and Food Production (2016). By Ayodeji Olukoju.
Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern Slave Trades (2016). By George M. La Rue.
Indian Ocean Trade (2017). By Edward A. Alpers.
Mining (2024). By Dácil Juif.
Pastoralism (2016). By Peter D. Little.
Population and Demography (2016). By Odile Frank.
Slavery in Africa (2016). By E.S.D. Fomin.
Trace unionism (2024). By Stefano Belucci.
Trans-Saharan Trade (2016). By Ghislaine Lydon.
Urbanism and Urbanization (2016). By Garth Myers.
Women and the Economy (2024). By Michael Kevane.

The Oxford companion to the economics of Africa. E-book. Edited by Ernest Aryeetey . . . [et al.]. (Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012)

The Oxford companion to the economics of South Africa. E-book. Edited by Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur, Mthuli Ncube. (Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014)

The Oxford encyclopedia of African thought. Editors in chief, F. Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo. 2 vols. (New York : Oxford University Press, 2010)

The Oxford handbook of Africa and economics. 2 vols. Edited by Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin. (Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015)

The Oxford handbook of the economy of Cameroon. E-book. Edited by Célestin Monga.
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022)

The Oxford handbook of the Ethiopian economy. Edited by Fantu Cheru, Christopher Cramer, and Arkebe Oqubay. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019)
--See also: E-book

The Oxford handbook of the South African economy. E-book. Edited by Arkebe Oqubay, Fiona Tregenna, and Imraan Valodia. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021)

The Oxford handbook of structural transformation. E-book. Edited by Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019)

The Oxford handbook of the Zambian economy. E-book. Edited by Horman Chitonge, Caleb M. Fundanga, Vera Songwe, and Mundia Kabinga. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2024)

Oxford research encyclopedias--African history (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press)

The Palgrave handbook of Africa's economic sectors. E-book. Edited by E.F. Wamboye and B. Fayissa. (Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022])

Palgrave handbook of African entrepreneurship. E-book. Edited by Oluwaseun Kolade, David Rae, Demola Obembe, and Kassa Woldesenbet Beta. ([S.l.] : Springer International Publishing, 2022)

The Palgrave handbook of agricultural and rural development in Africa. E-book. Edited by Evans S. Osabuohien. (Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020])

The political economy of economic growth in Africa, 1960-2000. 2 vols. E-book. Edited by Benno J. Ndulu ... [et al.]. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008) Textbook.
--See also: Offsite print copy, with CD

The population of southern Africa: an annotated bibliography 1980-1997. 2 vols. [Dakar, Senegal]: Union for African Population Studies, 1998.

Poverty reduction in the course of African development. Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Muna Ndulo. (Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017) Conference proceedings.
--See also: E-book

The quality of growth in Africa. Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Akbar Noman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. (New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]) Textbook.
--See also: E-book

The Routledge companion to business in Africa. Edited by Sonny Nwankwo and Kevin Ibeh. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015)
--See also: E-book

The Routledge handbook of African demography. E-book. Edited by Clifford O. Odimegwu and Yemi Adewoyin. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022)

Routledge handbook of contemporary African migration. E-book. Edited by Daniel Makina and Dominic Pasura. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023)

The Routledge handbook of EU-Africa relations. E-book. Edited by Toni Haastrup, Luís Mah and Niall Duggan. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021)

Routledge handbook of public policy in Africa. E-book. Edited by Gedion Onyango. (New York : Routledge, 2022)

Routledge handbook of urban planning in Africa. E-book. Edited by Carlos Nunes Silva. (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020)

World Bibliographical Series. (Published by Clio Press in Oxford, England and Santa Barbara, CA: 1979-1999)
--For a country bibliography, search in CLIO and use [name of country] and "world bibliographical".

Yearbook on the African Union, 2020--. E-book. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2022-- )

Library Catalogs

CLIO
(All CU libraries EXCEPT Law Library & Teachers College)

Pegasus (Law Library)
--For access, see Law Library Guide

Educat (Teachers College)

Borrow Direct (Fast interlibrary book loan)

Interlibrary Loan

WorldCat

Index Databases

Africa-Wide Information via EBSCO (Baltimore, Maryland: National Information Services Corporation, 1997--
--Combine with: AnthropologyPlus ;
Business Source Complete ; EconLit ; Historical Abstracts ; and
Social Sciences Full Text

Cairn.info (Liege, France)
Index and full text access to French language e-books and journal articles.

PAIS Index. Monthly. (New York: Public Access Information Service, 1972-- ; via ProQuest)

PubMed (Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information)

World Health Organization Library: African Index Medicus
See also:

African index medicus. Quarterly. (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo: Library & Documentation Centre, WHO Regional Office for Africa, 1993-95) -- Check HEALTH SCIENCES Reference.

WHOLIS -- World Health Organization Library Database (Geneva, Switzerland)

Book Reviews

Africa review of books. -- Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA, 2004-

Book review digest plus. (H.W. Wilson Co., USA; via FirstSearch).

International Bibliography of Book Reviews. Monthly. (Published by K.G. Saur Verlag, Thomson Corporation, 1985 -).

JSTOR
--Use "Advanced Search" and select "Reviews" and "African Studies"

Atlases & Maps

Africa: atlas of our changing environment. (Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2008).

Africapolis: visualise urbanisation in Africa (2018) (Paris, France)

Produced by the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club.

Agence française de développement. Atlas of Africa: new perspectives on the continent. E-book. [S.l.] : Routledge, 2021.

Atlas du continent africain. (Paris: Jeune Afrique & Les Editions du Jaguar, 1993).

Atlas of Africa: energy resources. (Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2017)
--See also: E-book

Christopher, A.J.. The atlas of apartheid. (New York: Routledge, 1994).

Christopher, A.J. The atlas of changing South Africa. 2nd ed. (London ; New York : Routledge, c2001)
See also: E-book

Columbia University Libraries: Geospatial Data Catalog -and- Lehman Social Sciences Library Map Room.

Eltis, David and David Richardson. Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade. (New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2010)
--See also: E-book

Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. The new atlas of African history. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991).

Griffiths, I.L. An atlas of African affairs. 2nd ed. (New York: Routledge, 1994)
See also: Lehman Reference copy.

Historical atlas of Africa. Ed. by J.F. Ade Ajayi et al. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985).
See also: Butler Reference copy

Humanitarian OpenStreet Map Team--Our Work (Washington, DC)
Select locations in Africa: "When major disaster strikes anywhere in the world, HOT rallies a huge network of volunteers to create, online, the maps that enable responders to reach those in need.

International Lake Environment Committee Foundation for Sustainable Mangement of World Lakes & Reservoirs. World Lake Database--African Lakes. (Shiga-ken, Japan: ILEC, 2022) -- via Columbia University Libraries.

Kwamena-Poh, Michael et al. African history in maps. (London; New York: Longman, 1982).

Lake Victoria Basin: atlas of our changing environment. E-book. (Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal, 2017).

Landscapes of West Africa : a window on a changing world. (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : Comité Permanent Inter-états de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CLISS), [2016])

Maps of Africa on the Internet. (Columbia University Libraries)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. An atlas of the Sahara-Sahel: geography, economics and security. E-Book [Edited by] Laurent Bossard. ([Paris, France] : OECD, 2014).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Regional Atlas on West Africa. E-book. Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.