| Poverty reduction in Africa. | |
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PMID: 17942702 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Poverty in Africa has been rising for the last quarter-century, while it has been falling in the rest of the developing world. Africa's distinctive problem is that its economies have not been growing. This article attempts to synthesize a range of recent research to account for this failure of the growth process. I argue that the reasons lie not in African peculiarities but rather in geographic features that globally cause problems but that are disproportionately pronounced in Africa. These features interact to create three distinct challenges that are likely to require international interventions beyond the conventional reliance on aid. |
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Authors:
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Paul Collier |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-10-17 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 104 ISSN: 0027-8424 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-25 Completed Date: 2007-11-27 Revised Date: 2008-11-20 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 16763-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Centre for the Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford, United Kingdom. paul.collier@economics.oxford.ac.uk |
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Africa Conservation of Natural Resources Ethnic Groups Geography Humans Poverty* / economics |
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