The Challenge of Achieving Economic Diversification -- Economic Diversification: Concept, Application and State-Market Relations -- Unpacking Politics: Power, Actors, and Institutions -- The Transition to Becoming Africa's Top Oil Producer -- The Transition to becoming Africa's Largest Economy...

For decades, economic diversification has been a policy priority for low- and middle-income economies. In the words of former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, “We know that economic diversification is good for growth. Diversification is also...