Africa

Africa: Pathways to Economic Development is a thorough assessment of the economic development challenges and prospects of Africa at the dawn of the new millennium. The book presents bold ideas and perspectives to new pathways and policy alternatives that could initiate and sustain the future economic development of Africa. The book develops a political economy argument and explores pathways for the emergence of a vibrant African economy empowered by and serving the economic interest of...
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Africa: Pathways to Economic Development is a thorough assessment of the economic development challenges and prospects of Africa at the dawn of the new millennium. The book presents bold ideas and perspectives to new pathways and policy alternatives that could initiate and sustain the future economic development of Africa. The book develops a political economy argument and explores pathways for the emergence of a vibrant African economy empowered by and serving the economic interest of Africans. Africa has considerable latent economic power that could be effectively utilized for the development of Africa and used to improve the standard of living of Africans. It takes the collective effort and determination of Africans to choose realistic and achievable express pathways to economic development and their contextualization to the African reality. The book appeals to the current generation of Africans to make prudent policy choices and strategies that would create the environment for unleashing the dynamic power of Africans and realize the development aspirations of more than a billion people across the continent.