Africa's Development beyond Aid

Getting Out of the Box

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5742467
AutoresJulius Gatune (Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen632
Número1
Páginas103-120
Fecha de publicación2010-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716210378832
OpenAlexW2134513034
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas28

This article argues that Africa's development rests not on aid, but on three key pillars: knowledge, entrepreneurship, and governance. Africa needs to think outside of the box when establishing these pillars. However, to make these three levers work, a change in mindset is a prerequisite. Africa has to start dreaming big dreams that empower it to see long-term. Africa must restructure societies so that networks beyond closed ethnic networks are more prominent. The larger social capital that will result will build a foundation for development. Africa also needs to incorporate new actors in its development agenda, including faith-based organizations, the diaspora, and the business class; and it must encourage immigrant entrepreneurs, especially Asians, to come in as chase rabbits. Better governance will come from the transformation of people from subjects to citizens. For success in international trade, Africa needs to learn the lessons of the Savannah, where the effective pack is the king

Corporate governance · Diaspora · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Entrepreneurship · Faith · International development · Management · Mindset · Political science · Public relations · Restructuring · Social capital · Social change · Social science · Social transformation · Sociology · Work (physics) · African cultural and philosophical studies · Economic Growth and Development · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law