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Africa's stalled development : international causes and cures

This thoughtful discussion probes the international roots of Africa's civil conflicts and lackluster economies. Analyzing an unwitting system that creates a set of incentives inimical to development, the authors offer a new way of thinking about Africa's development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Weak states, aid dependence, crushing debt, and enclave economies, argue the authors, create disincentives for long-term economic growth and even peace. The nature of Africa's interaction with the international system often supports these negative features; thus, the remedy must come from a radical restructuring of that relationship. Africa's Stalled Development heeds that call by presenting specific and innovative prescriptions for change that are sure to stimulate a much-needed debate. -- Publisher description
Print Book, English, 2003
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colo., 2003
xi, 159 pages ; 24 cm
9781588261403, 9781588261168, 1588261409, 1588261166
50548800
Contemporary African state : the politics of distorted incentives
Debt and aid : righting the incentives
Technical assistance : the corrosion of unwitting institutional racism
Causes of civil conflict in Africa
Civil conflict and international humanitarian intervention
Conclusion