Africa's recent growth performance has raised expectations of a bright economic future for the continent after decades … of decline. Yet there is a genuine question about whether Africa's growth can be sustained, and if so, at what level. The …

sustained growth for sub-Saharan Africa. This analysis suggests that what are usually regarded as first-order problems -- broad … institutions, macroeconomic stability, trade openness, education, and inequality -- may not nowbe binding constraints in Africa … Africa. A key question is to what extent Africa can rely on manufactured exports as a mode of "escape from underdevelopment …

In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a … celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey … contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach (West saves Africa) to occasional swings to a "marginal" approach (West …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial …

Africa’s recent economic growth is at a historical high. The patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite … of Africa’s growth. One thing is clear: the recent growth is not well understood. Against this background, we adapt Lewis …’s (1954) dual-economy model to the economies of Africa to better understand the role that the “in-between” sector as defined …

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 600 million people live without electricity. Despite ambitions of governments and donors to … electrification rates remain very low despite significant investments in grid infrastructure. This pattern holds across time and for … infrastructure and economies of scale, subsidies and new approaches to financing connections are necessary. …