Study of economic development, politics and steady state economy in Africa - discusses the disappointments of independence, democracy and the economic recession

The inflation of the 1970s represented the greatest peacetime disruption of the Western economies since the Depression. Even as inflation receded, the recession

The waning of the Cold War means that major political powers no longer feel compelled to support African authoritarianism. Revised official consensus holds that

Despite three decades of preoccupation with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still stagnating or regressing. For most Africans,

Desperate poverty is perhaps the greatest challenge facing Africa. Over the past 30 years, while the rest of the world has enjoyed unprecedented economic growth