The Shackled Continent
by Robert Guest
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The basic diagnosis is correct: Africa has been betrayed and failed by its leaders. But Guest's "solutions" are trite and typical of the West's dominant worldview: economic growth, free trade and globalisation are good. And should they be simply applied in Africa, all will be solved.
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Robert Guest is a Washington correspondent for The Economist and regularly appears on CNN and the BBC. Previously, he covered Africa for seven years, based in London and Johannesburg. He has also worked as a correspondent in Tokyo and a freelance writer in South Korea. He lives in Washington, DC.
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- Nonfiction, Economics, General Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 330 — Society, government, & culture Economics Jobs & Careers
- LCC
- JQ1875 .A55 .C6378 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa
- BISAC
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