Why do African peoples remain so poor? What kind of an alternative strategy could enable them to shape their own future, to realize the vast potential of their continental resources? This book, the culmination of the first phase of work of the Task Force on Sustainable Development in Africa, aims to stimulate classroom and study group discussions, debates, and further research in seven key areas: economy, legal order, environment, education, health, gender, and regional integration, Contributors include Adeno Addi, Richard Ford, Calestous Juma, John Ohiorhenuan, Guy Martin, John Metzler, Wanjiku Mwagiru, Tahir Salie, Joel Samoff, Brooke Grundfest Schoepf, Ann Seidman, Robert B. Seidman, Bereket Habte Selassie and Ben Wisner.

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Development Studies, Economics, Political Sociology/AFRICA