01511nam a22001937a 4500 OSt 20260804121855.0 260804b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781805226772 AACR-II 338.96 STU Studwell, Joe 20105 How Africa works: success and failure on the world's last developmental frontier London Profile Books 2026 435p. 'One of the most original and important books on Africa in years' FINANCIAL TIMES The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths about underdevelopment, unproductive land and overpopulation remain?In a groundbreaking new study of Africa's developmental history, economist Joe Studwell debunks long-held views about the continent's presumed resistance to growth, charting monumental changes in government, demography and asset management. Considering everything from settler colonialism to soil conditions, mineral extractivism to disease development and eradication, Studwell persuasively argues that the seizing back of land, people and states across Africa, has also been the seizure of mass economic development. From slavery to independence and beyond, this is the definitive account of the world's second largest continent - and an optimistic look to its future. Economic development and growth 21303 ddc B 0 0 ddc 0 0 LBSNAA LBSNAA 2026-08-04 999.00 0 338.96 STU 186336 2026-08-04 2026-08-04 B 361820 361820