development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa. This study extends the implications of Thomas …

A 2015 World Bank report on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) revealed that since the 1990s …, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two …

last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … worth considering whether there are any lessons from Brazil's development policies for Sub-Saharan African countries. …

problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal … not be so apparent. Implications for the corresponding upward bias in endogenous development and catch-up literature are …

light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in …

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 … conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …