Development Aid and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa

Simone Raudino is Attaché for the European Union, Brussels, and founder of Gap Consultants, a Hong Kong-based business consultancy company exploring alternative ways of promoting economic and social growth in low-income countries. He is also co-founder of Bridging Gaps, a not-for-profit society promoting interfaith, intercultural and inter-ethnic dialogue.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. A practitioner’s perspective on development aid.- Chapter 2. The theory of economic development.- Chapter 3. The praxis of economic growth: lessons from history.- Chapter 4. A quantitative assessment of Africa’s international economic relations.- Chapter 5. A qualitative analysis of Africa – West economic relations.- Chapter 6. A qualitative analysis of Africa – China economic relations.- Conclusions.