The African Crisis: Debates and Dialectics Over Alternative Development Strategies for the Continent

Abstract

The current African crisis, characterised by economic recession, political decline and social tension, poses fundamental problems not only for indigenous regimes and developmental theories but also for extra-continental actors, particularly Western countries and corporations, plus international organisations. The World Bank has now responded to assorted demands from African and non African governments and non-governmental institutions with its Agenda for Action. But this overly optimistic restatement of orthodox, extroverted policies (see Bogdanowicz-Bindert’s opening citation) has served only to intensify the prior African response — summarised in and symbolised by the Lagos Plan of Action — which is antagonistic towards further agricultural exports and private investment. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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