E-bok, Engelska, 2012
Africa's Future
How the past is shaping Africa's economic evolution
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Many seek to "fix" Africa - economists, experts, politicians, gurus, cognoscenti and glitterati. But the continent conceals multiple secrets, including the Holy Grail: explanations of its saga over the previous centuries.
Africa''s Future tells the tale of Africa''s economic evolution, revealing unique prisms for understanding the continent''s panoramic story, one of triumph over the lasting influences of nature and multiple political tragedies.
Modern Africa developed diverse economic pathways to betterment - yet survivalist economies litter the landscape. Its paradox of "subsistence with many faces" coexists amidst the tiny middle class, growing rich, and many more poor expected in the future.
Clarke provides fresh and challenging insights into Africa''s economies and future, offering seasoned views on a continent of unlocked potential which has witnessed many false dawns. Not "poor" but poorly managed, Africa holds greater promise, its destiny revealed by its history.
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-09
- Språk: Engelska
- Filformat: EPUB
- Kopieringsskydd: LCP
- ISBN: 9781847657992
- Förlag: Profile Books Ltd
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Duncan Clarke founded Global Pacific & Partners, a private advisory firm with a vintage of around 40 years. Since trading its assets in 2016, he been engaged in writing, with Rhodes' Ghost published July 2020. Born in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1948, with PhD (Economics) at University of St Andrews, 1975, he has written for fifty years on Africa in published and unpublished formats, focused on economics, historiography, biography and corporate oil strategy.
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If I need to know anything about oil in Africa, I go straight to this book -- Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society Duncan Clarke's latest book on Africa sets out to answer tough questions about the continent, often asked but seldom satisfactorily answered: What shaped Africa's economies? What went wrong? And can its recent growth be sustained? The result is rather like travelling around Africa in the company of a knowledgeable and entertaining guide who draws lessons from the past while mapping out the future. -- Michael Holman, former Africa editor of Financial Times A richly detailed review of Africa's past and what it tells us about the future, providing a sobering view of the realities on the ground. Indispensable for anyone interested in global trends in the 21st century. -- Ian Morris
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