Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way

by Steven Radelet

Book Overview

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 apartheid

- Stronger economic management

- The end of the debt crisis and a more constructive relationship with the international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933286512
• ISBN13: 9781933286518
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Center for Global Development
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"