Africa's Turn?

(Part of the Boston Review Books Series)

by Edward Miguel

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Signs of hope in sub-Saharan Africa: modest but steady economic growth and the spread of democracy.

By the end of the twentieth century, sub-Saharan Africa had experienced twenty-five years of economic and political disaster. While "economic miracles" in China and India raised hundreds of millions from extreme poverty, Africa seemed to have been overtaken by violent conflict and mass destitution, and ranked lowest in the world in just...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262012898

ISBN13:9780262012898

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:161 Pages

Weight:0.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 4.4" x 7.3"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Africa Economic Conditions Economics Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Economy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Southern Africa

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