"Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled 'dark continent.' Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and appears ready to play an important role in world …
El nuevo capitalismo del siglo XXI se rige por la «necropolítica» y el «gobierno privado indirecto». Ahora impera una nueva concepción de la soberanía: la de aquellos actores internacionales que deciden quién debe vivir y quién debe morir en un momento dado, atendiendo a criteri…
Africa's development in historical perspective
This book uses lessons from history to help African countries take charge of their own economic development agenda. History is an important part of Africa's economic development narrative, and Ocran investigates how the development outcomes between Africa and Western Europe beca…
A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on…
