"The proceedings of a British Council hosted conference held in Manchester in October 1991, which was the first international conference to examine all the issues raised by the African book sector studies commissioned by the World Bank and the UK’s Overseas Development Administration (ODA). A comprehensive book sector study, it is argued, provides a multifaceted analysis and research which is needed to guide policy makers, book project designers, investors, and both national and donor agencies. Includes discussions of policy issues connected with the book sector studies, covering publishing, printing, distribution, raw materials, regional co-operation and library development, and which were drawn from nine African book sector studies." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1869)