Africa and Globalization Challenges of Governance and Creativity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Falola, Toyin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kalu, Kenneth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: African Histories and Modernities
• Subjects: Africa-History.; Ethnology-Africa.; Africa-Politics and government.; Economic development.; African History.; African Culture.; African Politics.; Development Studies.

This book considers the promises and challenges of globalization for Africa. Why have African states been perennially unable to diversify their economies and move beyond export of primary produce, even as Southeast Asia has made a tremendous leap into manufacturing? What institutional impediments ar...