Africa's Choices: After Thirty Years Of The World Bank

By Michael Barratt Brown

Book Overview

This book provides an account of actual African experience and African criticisms. It is designed to examine the actual viability of the World Bank's structural adjustment strategies for Africa, all of which were designed to encourage export-led growth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813333342
• ISBN13: 9780813333342
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful and Comprehensive

This book demonstrates conclusively that the World Bank has done little more than shore up colonial economic structures. However, instead of stopping there, Brown goes on to demonstrate that African institutions and progressive NGOs provide an excellent alternative to the World Bank model -- an alternative that stresses development led by the people of Africa themselves.