HKS Affiliated Authors
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy
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Africa’s Structural Transformation Challenge. Dani Rodrik, December 12, 2013, Opinion. "Long viewed as an economic basket case, Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing its best growth performance since the immediate post-independence years. Natural-resource windfalls have helped, but the good news extends beyond resource-rich countries. Countries such as Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda, among others, have grown at East Asian rates since the mid-1990’s. And Africa’s business and political leaders are teeming with optimism about the continent’s future..." Link verified June 19, 2014