Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the …

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …

African development; (ii) income distribution, inequality, and poverty; and (iii) economic structure, interdependence, and …

The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only …. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for now, its position in the world system, it may nonetheless create the …