Africa's total debt outstanding, which doubled during the 1980s, represents a serious threat to the continent's prospects of economic recovery and long-term development. Professor Ezenwe examines the situation in detail and proposes policy action towards a solution.

No observer of the African economic scene could fail to be struck by the multiplicity of economic co-operation groupings. While these represent simple institutional structures that are within the administrative capacity of the African States and offer useful training for more sophisticated...

It has contributed a great deal to the problems of many young and inexperienced African states that they have been thrust into an advanced international economic, social and political system. They are expected to fit into this system, although they are sometimes lacking the level of development...