Subsaharan Africa in the 1990s: Challenges to Democracy and Development

by Rukhsana A. Siddiqui

The economic performance of African countries south of the Sahara generally has been poor during the past two decades. External factors such as high oil prices, deteriorating terms of trade, and wars, and formidable internal factors such as corruption, chauvinism, authoritarianism, and violence have continued to plague the region. Whereas in the 1980s the Subsahara was overwhelmed by drought, devaluation, and debt, the 1990s have brought the paradox...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951421
• ISBN13: 9780275951429
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"