Steven Radelet

This classic text has been aggressively revised to incorporate the latest research defining the Development Economics field today.

This classic text has been aggressively revised to incorporate the latest research defining the Development Economics field today.

Emerging Africa> describes the too-often-overlooked positive changes that have taken place in much of Africa since the mid-1990s. In 17 countries, five fundamental and sustained breakthroughs are making old assumptions increasingly untenable:The rise of democracy brought on by the end of the Cold War and apartheidStronger economic management The end of the debt crisis and a more constructive relationship with the international communityThe introduction of new technologies, especially mobile phones and the InternetThe emergence of a new generation of leaders. With these significant changes, the countries of emerging Africa seem poised to lead the continent out of the conflict, stagnation, and dictatorships of the past. The countries discussed in the book are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Mali Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.