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Title
Africa rising? A historical perspective |
Full text
http://edepot.wur.nl/463270 |
Date
2018 |
Author(s)
Frankema, Ewout; Waijenburg, Marlous, van |
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa's recent economic boom has raised hopes and expectations to lift the regions' 'bottom millions' out of poverty by 2030. How realistic is that goal? We approach this question by comparing the experiences of three front-runners of region-specific development trajectories - Britain's capital-intensive, Japan's labour-intensive, and Ghana's land-extensive growth path, highlighting some historical analogies that are relevant for Africa, but often overlooked in the current 'Africa rising' debate. We draw particular attention to Africa's demographic boom and the possibilities for a quick transition to labour-intensive export-led industrialization. Although our exercise in diachronic comparative history offers little hope for poverty eradication by 2030, we do see broadened opportunities for sustained African economic growth in the longer term. |
Subject(s)
WASS; WASS; Leerstoelgroep Agrarische en Milieugeschiedenis; Rural and Environmental History; Agrarische- en Milieugeschiedenis; Rural and Environmental History |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Article/Letter to editor |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
African Affairs 117 (2018) 469; ISSN: 0001-9909 |
Rights
Wageningen University & Research |
Repository
Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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