African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors - Softcover

Both authoritative and accessible, African Development introduces the issues, actors, and institutions at play in development trajectories across sub-Saharan Africa. This new edition, thoroughly updated, includes an entirely new chapter devoted to key demographic trends in the region, especially rapid urbanization and the distinct “youth bulge.” 

There is also a review of major democratic gains and disappointments since 2011; analysis of renewed internal armed conflicts; and attention to the contemporary sovereign debt crisis relative to the structural adjustment debt of earlier decades. The book uniquely brings to life the collective impact of history, economics, and politics on development in the region.

Todd J.Moss is senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and nonresident scholar at Rice University.

Danielle Resnick is senior research fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute.