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Africa Can Teach Development Experts

Jun 01, 2009 article

Categories: Africa, Foreign Aid , Governance, Mobile Technologies

Tags: Iqbal Quadir, Press

Writing in the Financial Times: This is Africa, Iqbal Quadir cites African examples of dispersion of power leading to accountability and economic progress.

by Iqbal Z. Quadir

For decades, experts have been trying to teach Africans how to develop. Yet Africa has much to teach them about accountability and economic progress. Applying what I call the “European” and “American” models to African achievements illustrates two ways that dispersion of power has led to some progress in Africa. Read more at Financial Times Business This Is Africa >>

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