Textbook on economics, designed for a first-year course in economic theory for students whose interest lies mainly in the process of economic growth in developing countries of East Africa - covers national income, the standard of living, the supply of and demand for economic resources, agriculture and the marketing of agricultural products, entrepreneurship, industry, labour force, wages, trade, the balance of payments, public enterprise, taxation, economic planning, etc.

Helge Kjekshus's new introduction to his book placeshis work within the context of the growing debate on ecology and economic development in East African history. North America: Ohio U Press