Pricing policies in African Least Developed Countries issues for consideration

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the significance and implications of pricing policies as a major policy instrument in African LDCs based on the findings of the country studies and to submit pertinent proposals on measures that could be contemplated in such areas as price stablisation, the compilation and utilization of price statistics in price formulation^ the strengthen ing of the legal and institutional framework in the context of economic planning and management and to establish the need for in-depth research on pricing policies in all African LDCs. The paper is divided into five sections.