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Abstract:: Growth depends upon the interaction of opportunities and choices. A country, or an entire region, may fail to grow either because there are no opportunities, or because choices are made that preclude opportunities being taken. The stark phenomenon we are trying to understand is that for forty years Africa stagnated while other developing regions grew. This chapter attempts to explain this alarming phenomenon in terms of the distinctive opportunities open to the region and the distinctive choices which were made.

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Collier, P., & O'Connell, S. (2007). Opportunities and Choices. In B. Ndulu, S. O'Connell, R. Bates, P. Collier, & C. Soludo (Eds.), The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000. Cambridge University Press.

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Collier, P, and S O'Connell. “Opportunities and Choices.” The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000, edited by B Ndulu et al., Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Collier, P, and S O'Connell. 2007. “Opportunities and Choices.” In The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000, edited by B Ndulu, S O'Connell, R Bates, P Collier, and C Soludo. Cambridge University Press.
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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Host title:: The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000
Place of publication:: Cambridge
Publication date:: 2007-01-01
ISBN:: 978-0521878487

Language:: English
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