Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions

Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions

Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces are enormous but not insurmountable. The messag...

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Main Author: Ndulu, Benno J.
Other Authors: Chakraborti, Lopamudra
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
Infrastructure
Poverty eradication
Poverty alleviation
Growth
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7723065/challenges-african-growth-opportunities-constraints-strategic-directions
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spelling okr-10986-66562021-04-23T14:02:26Z Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions Ndulu, Benno J. Chakraborti, Lopamudra Lijane, Lebohang Ramachandran, Vijaya Wolgin, Jerome Infrastructure Poverty eradication Poverty alleviation Growth Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces are enormous but not insurmountable. The message of this book is clear - poverty-eradicating development in Africa is possible. In fact, there are indications that Africa is at a turning point, and there is growing momentum among front-runner economies in the region toward higher and sustained growth. This study challenges African countries and their development partners to consolidate and continue this momentum and to exploit the advantages of the continent as a latecomer, particularly in innovation and in drawing lessons from successful export-led growth experiences in Asia and Latin America. 2012-05-30T16:48:02Z 2012-05-30T16:48:02Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7723065/challenges-african-growth-opportunities-constraints-strategic-directions 0-8213-6882-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6656 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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Poverty eradication
Poverty alleviation
Growth
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Poverty eradication
Poverty alleviation
Growth
Ndulu, Benno J.
Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
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description Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces are enormous but not insurmountable. The message of this book is clear - poverty-eradicating development in Africa is possible. In fact, there are indications that Africa is at a turning point, and there is growing momentum among front-runner economies in the region toward higher and sustained growth. This study challenges African countries and their development partners to consolidate and continue this momentum and to exploit the advantages of the continent as a latecomer, particularly in innovation and in drawing lessons from successful export-led growth experiences in Asia and Latin America.
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title Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
title_short Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
title_full Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
title_fullStr Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of African Growth : Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
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