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Foreign Aid and the Future of Africa

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth Kalu

    1. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  • Argues that poverty in Africa is a direct result of predatory states and extractive economic and governmental institutions in the region
  • Offers policy recommendations for rethinking foreign aid in order to promote the reform of African political institutions
  • Appeals to scholars of African development, postcolonial history, and African political economy

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Foreign Aid and Poverty in Africa

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Postcolonial African State Revisited

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 23-42

  4. Africa in the Global Community

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 43-58

  5. The Structure of Foreign Aid to Africa Since the 1960s

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 59-82

  6. Foreign Aid to Africa: How Far and How Well?

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 83-108

  7. Targeting the Fundamentals: Towards a New Form of Development Assistance to Africa

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 109-144

  8. Development Assistance Redesigned

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 145-165

  9. The State and Economic Development

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 167-191

  10. Explaining Africa’s Underdevelopment

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 193-213

  11. Conclusion

    • Kenneth Kalu
    Pages 215-227

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 229-242
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About this book

During the past five decades, sub-Saharan Africa has received more foreign aid than has any other region of the world, and yet poverty remains endemic throughout the region. As Kenneth Kalu argues, this does not mean that foreign aid has failed; rather, it means that foreign aid in its current form does not have the capacity to procure development or eradicate poverty. This is because since colonialism, the average African state has remained an instrument of exploitation, and economic and political institutions continue to block a majority of citizens from meaningful participation in the economy. Drawing upon case studies of Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria, this book makes the case for redesigning development assistance in order to strike at the root of poverty and transform the African state and its institutions into agents of development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kenneth Kalu

About the author

Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor of Global Management at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foreign Aid and the Future of Africa

  • Authors: Kenneth Kalu

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78987-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78986-6Published: 04 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07696-2Published: 22 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78987-3Published: 22 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 242

  • Topics: African History, African Economics, African Politics, Development Studies

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