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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Africa’s income levels were roughly one-third of those of Europe. Since then, the continent has fallen behind the rest of the world (World Bank, 2000a, p. 1). Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 32 of the UN’s 40 ‘least developed’ member countries. Its foreign debt has trebled from US$84.1 billion in 1982 to US$235.4 billion (World Bank, 1997a, p. 202).
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© 2002 Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside
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Barnett, T., Whiteside, A. (2002). Why Africa?. In: AIDS in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230599208_5
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