Africa's Moment - Rilegato

Severino, Jean-michel; Ray, Olivier

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0745651577 ISBN 13: 9780745651576

Casa editrice: Polity Pr, 2011

Riassunto

The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and monotheist. If poverty and violence are still rampant, economic growth has taken off again and a middle class is developing. Africa will hold a central place in the big issues facing the world today. If it once made a ‘false start’, here it is back again – in the fast lane.

The West has missed the turnaround of a continent that will no longer wait for us. How can we best understand it? Demography, economics, politics, diplomacy, cultures and religions – this book presents the different facets of this new Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the mid point of the most rapid population boom that humanity has ever known. Without ignoring the risks of its metamorphosis, it brings to light the forces and hopes that Africa harbors.

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Recensione:

"A wake–up call. Its message is simple: look out world, here comesAfrica."
Wall Street Journal

"Clearly conceived, cleanly structured, tightly written and lucidlyexpressed. A highly readable text."
European Voice

"Their optimistic analysis of the continent and its inhabitantsshould be read by all who are interested in looking at Africa witha fresh and different perspective."
African Security Review

"A significant book for those interested in questions of economicand cultural change."
The Age

"Africa′s Moment has the great value of underlining thatAfrica′s future is indeed in the hands of Africans."
South World

"A timely and positive assessment of Africa′s prospects foundedupon deep understanding and a distinctive perspective."
Paul Collier, University of Oxford

"The West is wedded to a retrograde vision of Africa′s past andknow nothing of its present, even less of its  future. Thisunprecedented book forces revision of that outlook by addressing aworld, just a few decades from now, where one in four human beingswill be African."
Keith Hart, University of London

L'autore:

Jean-Michel Severino is a former vice-president of the World Bank and CEO of the Agence Française de Développement. He now runs I&P Management, a private equity impact investment fund dedicated to African small and medium size enterprises.

Olivier Ray works at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Policy Analysis.

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• Editore: Polity Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0745651577
• ISBN 13: 9780745651576
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 317