John O. Ifediora. Botswana has Sovereign Wealth Funds, and has used them admirably to develop its economy, reduce poverty, and…
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By Calestous Juma. Africa’s clichéd image of ‘basket case’ could be transformed in a generation to ‘bread basket’, a continent…
Quamrul Ashraf, and Oded Galor. Abstract. This paper argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago,…
Editorial Commentary. Sooner or later a house of cards built on a rotten foundation would show its deficiencies, and…
By Nicolas van de Walle. Traditional economic theory predicts that capital mobility and international trade will push the world’s national…
By Joseph E. Stiglitz Reviewed by Benjamin Friedman. Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist, and he deserves…
By John F. McDonald, Daniel P. McMillen. Reviewed by Professor John O. Ifediora. The second edition of Urban Economics And…
Steven Radelet. Seventeen emerging African countries—home to more than 300 million people—have undergone dramatic changes in economic growth,…
Nicolas van de Walle. Reviewed by Gail Gerhar. This landmark work presents a searching and persuasive political explanation of…
Alan Gelb and Mariana Dahan. The post-2015 development agenda is being shaped as we speak. The United Nations has recently…