Review
Praise for Ayittey's 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
Book Description
Why haven't 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, Africa's 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.
About the Author
George Ayittey is Distinguished Economist in Residence at George Washington University. He is the author of Africa Betrayed and Africa in Chaos (both Palgrave Macmillan).
Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Why have the poorest Africans yet to begin the road to prosperity in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: Africa is poor because it is not free. The freedoms Africans enjoyed in their traditional systems were snatched from them, first by foreign colonial powers and now by modern African leaders with similarly oppressive and confiscatory practices. As corruption, repression, and war surged, Africa's infrastructure crumbled, states collapsed, and investors fled. Instead of bemoaning colonial legacies and globalization for the myriad difficulties facing the continent today, Ayittey boldly proposes a new path for Africa - away from the constellation of vampire states and coconut republics established by Africa's elites." Rather than continuing to use the exploitative and repressive systems that the elites imported from abroad, Ayittey urges Africa to modernize, build upon, and improve its own indigenous institutions. The economic model here is uniquely African and borrows little from the developed world. This book offers the most highly revolutionary plan ever proposed for moving Africa forward.
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