Recent decades have seen almost unprecedented economic growth in income per capita around the world. Yet this extraordinary overall performance masks a wide variation in growth rates across different countries, with persistent underdevelopment in some parts of the world. This disparity...

The struggle to develop Africa : the failure of development theory -- The struggle to develop Africa : lessons from public choice theory -- The African economies today : an overview -- The state and a legacy of perverse economic policies -- Structural adjustment programs, the Bretton Woods...