Pourquoi le président Ahmadou Ahidjo quitte-t-il précipitamment le Cameroun le 29 octobre 1982 pour un voyage privé en France ? Pourquoi Germaine, son épouse, l'y rejoint-elle deux jours après ? Comment se déroule le premier conseil des ministres de Paul Biya ? D'où proviennent les rumeurs de « bicéphalisme » à la tête de l'État début 1983 ? Pourquoi le nouveau président choisit- il la France pour son premier voyage à l'étranger ? Que fait Guy Penne à Yaoundé le 21 mai 1983 ? Que propose F...

“A terrific meditation on contemporary African modernity, conceived through a series of essays that reflect on the practices of everyday life.” ―Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York UniversityThere are two common ways of writing about Africa, says Célestin Monga. One way blames Africa’s ills on the continent’s history of exploitation and oppression. The other way blames Africans themselves for failing to rise above poisonous national prejudices and resentments. But patro...

“A terrific meditation on contemporary African modernity, conceived through a series of essays that reflect on the practices of everyday life.” ―Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York UniversityThere are two common ways of writing about Africa, says Célestin Monga. One way blames Africa’s ills on the continent’s history of exploitation and oppression. The other way blames Africans themselves for failing to rise above poisonous national prejudices and resentments. But patro...

Quelques extraits de ce texte sont parus sous forme de reportages dans diverses revues en France au début de 1990. Cela m'a valu les honneurs empoisonnés de la presse officielle djiboutienne, ainsi que la venimeuse lettre de protestation d'un ministre particulièrement imbu de sa noble mission. Ces amabilités ne m'ont cependant pas dissuadé de publier ce petit livre. Parce que mon propos est, comme le dit Cioran, « indissociable de ce que j'ai vécu. Je n'ai rien inventé, j'ai été seulement ...

« L'image impose au verbe la tyrannie de son talent. Qu'on me pardonne donc l'audace de ce turbulent mariage. J'ai simplement rêvé d'un regard pluriel qui offre une vue d'ensemble à mon vertige. Aux puristes de l'iconographie, je confesse n'avoir pas fait de l'esthétique une obsession : la scène jugée anodine aujourd'hui peut ouvrir le champ demain à une autre lecture. Voici donc quelques séquences de cette Azanie parfumée d'hémoglobine. Tout y est vicié, puisque l'oxygène là-bas est inves...

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds, two of the world's leading development economists begin with this paradox to expla...

Light Manufacturing in Tanzania argues that for Tanzania to remain one of the fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, it has to make progress in the structural transformation that can lift workers from low-productivity agriculture and the informal sector to higher productivity activities. Manufacturing, which has been the main vehicle throughout the world to achieve this transformation, has remained stunted in Tanzania. Using new evidence, the book shows that feasible, low-cost, s...

本书作者回顾了近代以来世界范围内的经济发展历史，并通过研究得出结论：即使在物质和人力资本匮乏、制度基础薄弱的条件下，经济增长与转型也有可能发生。

What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors - experts in anthropology, history, political science, economics, conflict and peace studies, philosophy and language - examine the opportunities and constraints placed on living, livelihoods and sustainable life on the continent. Reflecting on why and how the political economy of life approach is essential for understanding the social pr...

For a long time, economic research on Africa was not seen as a profitable venture intellectually or professionally-few researchers in top-ranked institutions around the world chose to become experts in the field. This was understandable: the reputation of Africa-centered economic research was not enhanced by the well-known limitations of economic data across the continent. Moreover, development economics itself was not always fashionable, and the broader discipline of economics has had its...

A popular myth about the travails of Africa holds that the continent's long history of poor economic performance reflects the inability of its leaders and policymakers to fulfill the long list of preconditions to be met before sustained growth can be achieved. These conditions are said to vary from the necessary quantity and quality of physical and human capital to the appropriate institutions and business environments. While intellectually charming and often elegantly formulated, that con...

The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation addresses the economics of structural transformation around the world. It deals with major themes, which include history and context, critical issues and concepts, methodological foundations, main theoretical approaches, policy issues, some illuminating country experiences of structural transformation, and important debates on the respective roles of the market and the state in that process. The historical record provides a challeng...