different is current economic performance compared to Africa's long history of boom-bust cycles? Have African countries learned …This book is a collection of essays that seeks to answer three interrelated sets of questions about Africa's recent … growth recovery. The first set of essays addresses questions about the drivers and durability of Africa's growth. How …

Has Africa finally reached the path to sustained growth? We find that much of the improvement in economic performance … in Africa after 1995 is attributable to a substantial reduction in the frequency and severity of growth declines in all … accelerations. We conclude that Africa's growth recovery remains fragile. …

Has Africa finally reached the path to sustained growth? We find that much of the improvement in economic performance … in Africa after 1995 is attributable to a substantial reduction in the frequency and severity of growth declines in all … accelerations. We conclude that Africa's growth recovery remains fragile …

This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. We are primarily …". Finally, we use a novel method of breaking up the growth histories of African economies into medium term spells of growth … accelerations and declines to see if a group of African "leopards"- the regional equivalent of Asia's "tigers" - is beginning to …

"This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine … of breaking up the growth histories of African economies into medium-term spells of growth accelerations and declines …, the authors investigate whether a group of African "leopards" - the regional equivalent of Asia's "tigers" - is beginning …