Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future by G. Ayittey (English) Pape

Description: Africa Unchained by G. Ayittey In Africa Unchained , George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africas future and makes a number of daring suggestions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Africa Unchained , George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africas future and makes a number of daring suggestions. Looking at how Africa can modernize, build, and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as backward and primitive, Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade. Asking why the poorest Africans havent been able to prosper in the Twenty-first-century, Ayittey makes the answer obvious: their economic freedom was snatched from them. War and conflict replaced peace and the infrastructure crumbled. In a book that will be pondered over and argued about as much as his previous volumes, Ayittey looks at the possibilities for indigenous structures to revive a troubled continent. Author Biography GEORGE B.N. AYITTEY is Distinguished Economist in Residence at George Washington University, USA. He is the author of Africa Betrayed and Africa in Chaos (both Palgrave Macmillan). Table of Contents Prologue INTRODUCTION: WHY AFRICA IS POOR The African Paradox Atinga: The African Peasant Angry Peasants Fighting Back More Angry Voices Economic Retrogression Africas Salvation and Future Plan of Book A CENTURY LOST The Dawn of the New Century Dysfunctional States TACKLING AFRICAS CRISES Establishing the "Enabling Environment" Tackling Persistent Crises COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP FAILURE Introduction The Blame Game Kokonut Reform: Progress Report Combating AIDS: Utter Leadership Failure Tackling Other Issues Shameful Response to Zimbabwes Crisis Africas Predicament Ayitteys Laws of African Misgovernance POST-COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE ELITE MODEL The Shibboleth of Development Ideologies for Africas Post-colonial Development Strategies for Development THE FIRST GENERATIONAL PROBLEMS The Predatory State Failed Industrialization Drive Development Financing: The Huge Resource Gap THE SECOND GENERATIONAL PROBLEMS Agricultural Crisis The Foreign Exchange Crisis The Debt Crisis The Patronage System Political Instability WHY SOCIALISM AND STATISM FAILED IN AFRICA Failed State Operations: The Evidence Case Studies Reasons For Failure Understanding Capitalism HOW TO DEVELOP AFRICA Introduction Establishing the Enabling Macro Environment The Atinga Development Model THE NEW AFRICAN STATE Introduction The Role of the State Agricultural Strategies Industrialization AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Globalization and Africa The Role of the International Community Foreign Aid Programs to Africa EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSIONS African Development in the Twenty-First Century The Role of African Elites Bibliography Review A superb analysis of the continent and its recent ordeals - The Wall Street JournalA controversial and thought-provoking book - Ian Taylor, International AffairsPraise for Ayitteys Africa in Chaos:Crucial for anyone seeking an understanding of Africas condition . . . Read it now, before its too late. - The Washington Times...robust, provocative...Ayittey takes no prisoners. - The New York Times Book Review...Ayittey knows Africa well...a brave and reflective book. - The Wall Street Journal Long Description Why havent the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economic freedom was denied to them, first by foreign colonial powers and now by indigenous leaders with similarly oppressive practices. As war and conflict replaced peace, Africas infrastructure crumbled. Instead of bemoaning the myriad difficulties facing the continent today, Ayittey boldly proposes a program of development--a way forward--for Africa. "Africa Unchained" investigates how Africa can modernize, build, and improve its indigenous institutions, and argues forcefully that Africa should build and expand upon traditions of free markets and free trade rather than continuing to use exploitative economic structures. The economic model here is uniquely African and takes little heed from the developed world; this is sure to be a highly controversial plan for moving Africa forward. Review Quote Praise for Ayitteys "Africa in Chaos: ." . . robust, provocative...Ayittey takes no prisoners." --"The New York Times Book Review ." . . Ayittey knows Africa well...a brave and reflective book." --"The Wall Street Journal Details ISBN1403973865 Short Title AFRICA UNCHAINED Pages 483 Language English ISBN-10 1403973865 ISBN-13 9781403973863 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2006 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle The Blueprint for Africas Future Place of Publication Gordonsville Country of Publication United States Birth 1945 Residence Lorton, VA, US Edition New edition DOI 10.1604/9781403973863;10.1007/978-1-137-12278-0 UK Release Date 2006-09-25 AU Release Date 2006-09-25 NZ Release Date 2006-09-25 US Release Date 2006-09-25 Illustrations XXVI, 483 p. Edited by G. Ayittey Author G. Ayittey Publisher Palgrave USA Edition Description New edition Publication Date 2006-09-25 Alternative 9781403963598 DEWEY 320.96 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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