In Search of African Developmental States: Challenges and Missed Opportunities.

The article starts from the premise that development, by definition, must be people-driven. This is because it is their welfare in the political, economic, social and cultural wellbeing which is at stake. This requires development from below rather than the statist notion of development from above....

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Publicado en:Africa Insight Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 60 - 77
Autor principal: Okoth, Godfrey
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Africa Institute of South Africa September 2009
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