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The literature on Africa is rife with indices of underdevelopment and abysmal performance and predictions of a bleak future. Some scholars are pessimistic about the future of African development, underplaying the historical experience and consequences of centuries of domination and economic crises. Also overlooked are the retrogressive experiences of structural adjustment and the impact of neocolonialism. Furthermore, incidences of positive development after independence, intra-country and regional differences in the experiences of growth and general improvement in the well-being of citizens have been ignored. Indeed, in the face of poverty and low growth indices, many of the countries still possess human and material resources that are relatively untapped — or tapped more for the benefit of the North than the South.
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Udegbe, B. (2007). Social Policy and the Challenge of Development in Nigeria and Ghana: The Cases of Education and Labour Market Policies. In: Adésínà, ’.O. (eds) Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context. Social Policy in a Development Context. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590984_5
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