In their policy proposals on how best to stimulate economic growth, economists have been increasingly emphasizing free markets. It is, however, possible that free market led economic growth can lead to increased income inequity which can further increase poverty. One of the more interesting but...

In recent years, sub-Saharan Africa has come to play an increasingly peripheral part in the world economy. The economic crisis has eroded the legitimacy of the state, and the crisis and structural adjustment measures are having an adverse effect on the poorest people in the poorest countries....