How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier

In the 1980s, countries across Asia stunned the world with meteoric economic growth-but when eyes turn to Africa today, it is often to lament corruption, violence, and poverty rather than to scout the next developmental frontrunners. Yet some African nations, even in the face of challenging geography and the crippling legacies of colonialism, have found remarkable success. InHow Africa Works, Joe Studwell draws on extensive research and travel across the continent to explore what's worked a...