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- Title
Is Africa Rising? Liberia as A Microcosm of Africa's Transformation.
- Authors
Cassell Jr., Donald L.
- Abstract
This work will review the recent discussion and scholarship surrounding Africa's economic growth during the last two decades. This work will consider the euphoria and hopeful exuberance during the period of independence in the 1960s and the subsequent failures and disappointments of the 1970s that lead to decades of despair. Primarily, it will consider the recent improvement in society, governance and the economy across the continent - trends that have ignited worldwide hope that Africa may be reviving. The paper will consider the themes of governance, the development of better legal structures and regulations, as well as the growth of markets and technology in Africa over the last 2 decades and the presence of new ideas. We will review major investment opportunities in consumer markets, mineral extractions, technology, infrastructure and people. The need for investment in people is, above all, central to the rise of Africa. Liberia will be referenced as an example in the context of the larger themes mentioned above. The work will then conclude on a hopeful but cautious note encouraging the continuous and intelligent participation of the international community in Africa's development and growth
- Subjects
AFRICA; LIBERIA; ECONOMIC development; ECONOMIC conditions in Africa, 1960-; AFRICAN politics &; government, 1960-; GLOBALIZATION; SUSTAINABLE development; INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics); NATURAL resources; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Liberian Studies Journal, 2011, Vol 36, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0024-1989
- Publication type
Article