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Africa's Shadow Rise

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For years economists have spoken of ‘Africa rising’, and despite the global financial crisis, Africa continues to host some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Africa’s Shadow Rise however argues that the continent’s apparent economic ‘rise’ is essentially a mirage, driven by developments elsewhere - most particularly the expansion in China's economy. While many African countries have experienced high rates of growth, much of this growth may prove to be unsustainable, and has contributed to environmental destruction and worsening inequality across the continent. Similarly, new economic relationships have produced new forms of dependency, as African nations increasingly find themselves tied to the fortunes of China and other emerging powers. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in southern Africa, Africa’s Shadow Rise reveals how the shifting balance of global power is transforming Africa’s economy and politics, and what this means for the future of development efforts in the region. Shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa's African Business Book of the Year 2023!

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ISBN: 9781786994790
Publication date: 27th January 2022
Author: Pádraig Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Carmody, Peter Roskilde University, Denmark Kragelund, Ricardo Trinity C Reboredo
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 240 pages
Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa
Genres: Development economics and emerging economies
Development studies
Geopolitics
Economic growth
Political economy