of the UN poverty targets - the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were met. Some were not. Progress in Africa …

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the relations between globalization and Africa's multifarious … increased Africa's marginalization, deepened its crises, escalated and intensified its conflicts, and undermined its ability to …

Examining the changing role of Africa in the global economy …

This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa … revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what … to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa. …