Can African countries learn from the development experiences of other regions? Or are the continent’s development … challenges unique? This paper looks at the development experience of the Nordic countries, especially Sweden, from the nineteenth … century and discusses the extent to which the observed patterns of development could have relevance for Africa. The paper …

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries …

the same period for South East Asia and India, for instance. Meanwhile, human development had also resurged since the mid …