Poverty in a Rising Africa

by Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, et al.

Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on "Africa rising" and an "African 21st century." Two decades of unprecedented economic growth in Africa should have brought substantial improvements in well-being. Whether or not they did, remains unclear given the poor quality of the data, the nature of the growth process (especially the role of natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480723X
• ISBN13: 9781464807237
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.9" x 10.4"