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Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future 2005 Edition
Contributor(s): Ayittey, G. (Editor)

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ISBN: 1403973865     ISBN-13: 9781403973863
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE: $94.99  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: Why haven't the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economic freedom was denied to them, first by foreign colonial powers and now by indigenous leaders with similarly oppressive practices. As war and conflict replaced peace, Africa's infrastructure crumbled. Instead of bemoaning the myriad difficulties facing the continent today, Ayittey boldly proposes a program of development--a way forward--for Africa. "Africa Unchained" investigates how Africa can modernize, build, and improve its indigenous institutions, and argues forcefully that Africa should build and expand upon traditions of free markets and free trade rather than continuing to use exploitative economic structures. The economic model here is uniquely African and takes little heed from the developed world; this is sure to be a highly controversial plan for moving Africa forward.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
- Political Science | Political Economy
Dewey: 338.96
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.35 lbs) 483 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
In Africa Unchained, George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africa's future and makes a number of daring suggestions. Looking at how Africa can modernize, build, and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as 'backward and primitive', Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade. Asking why the poorest Africans haven't been able to prosper in the Twenty-first-century, Ayittey makes the answer obvious: their economic freedom was snatched from them. War and conflict replaced peace and the infrastructure crumbled. In a book that will be pondered over and argued about as much as his previous volumes, Ayittey looks at the possibilities for indigenous structures to revive a troubled continent.
 
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