This article proposes a five years assessment of the efforts undertaken by the African countries to answer Dakar commitment on the six objectives of Education For All, with a focus on the millenium development goal relating to the universal primary schooling by 2015. If the progress recorded...

The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...