This book provides a profound and accessible overview of development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The latest edition has been thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on demographic trends, with special attention to rapid urbanization and the 'youth bulge'. In addition, it covers the most important democratic developments since 2011, current armed conflicts, and the recent sovereign debt crisis in comparison to earlier debt problems.
The book uniquely highlights the interconnections between history, economy, and politics and is suitable for study and research in the field of African development issues.
Available in Dutch.
Suitable for higher education, policymakers, and self-study.
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CONTENTS:
- Complexities of African development
- Historical and political context
- The colonial legacy
- Big Men, personal rule, and patronage politics
- Party systems and democratic trajectories
- Conflict, war, and state fragility
- Core questions about development
- Growth and transformation
- Political economy of policy reform
- International aid
- Debt: past and present
- Poverty, health, and human development
- Demography, urbanization, and inequality
- Regional and global perspective
- The African Union and regional institutions
- World trade, industrial development, and investment climate
- Conclusion: uncertainty and optimism