Debate Crescimento Africano

A descolagem da África: realidade ou mito?

Introdução ao problema: Africa: um continente sem esperança ou um continente emergente?

• New Africa or New Hype? por IOANNIS GATSIOUNIS

 1. Argumento em favor de uma “Nova Africa”: Estamos perante uma nova Africa: Africa passou de continente sem esperança a Liões Africanos

• How The Economist changed its tune on Africa
  • Hopeless Africa May 11th 2000
  • Economist (Jan 2011) A more hopeful continent. The lion kings?
  • The hopeful continent. Africa rising: After decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance to follow in the footsteps of Asia. Dec 3rd 2011
  • The Economist: The sun shines bright The continent’s impressive growth looks likely to continue
  • The Economist: africa rising the hopeful continent May 2013
• Worldbank Resource: Africa_s_Future
• G. Pascal Zachary (Foreign Policy) Le décollage économique de l’Afrique est une réalité (trad francesa)

2. Argumentos contra: O crescimento africanos é um mito. Estamos perante um crescimento insustentável movido pelo aumento do preço das matérias primas. 

• africasacountry: Agaist the myth of Africa+Rising
• africa-and-the-future-an-interview-with-achille-mbembe/
• theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/02/africa-not-rising-survey
• Ha-Joon Chang: growth in developing world shouldn’t overexcite people – video
  • ver também outros artigos de Chang
    • SmallRichEuropeanCountries.pdf
    • Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
• Rick Rowden, 2013 The Myth of Africa’s Rise: Why the rumors of Africa’s explosive growth have been greatly exaggerated. (trad. francesa):Rowden explica porque é que os indicadores de cresceimento são exagerados
  • Ver relatório ADB, Nível 1. desenvolvimento em Africa. (p1 a 21) em  http://www.afdb.org
  • UNCTAD report. Economic development in Africa 2011
  • Rick Rowden (2011) Poverty reduction is not development
• Richard Dowden
  • Africa’s Image And Reality: Wealth And Poverty Sit Side-By-Side
  • African Economies Rising – But Are They Taking The People With Them?
• Susan Lund et Arend Van Wamelen, (Foreign Policy).  Ce que vous devez savoir sur l’envol économique de l’Afrique:
  • “Le décollage économique de l’Afrique est une réalité. Mais il reste encore beaucoup à faire pour accélérer le processus de création d’emplois” em slateafrique.com
• Fuentes-Nieva e King, R. (2012) Africa is Wide Awake But Still Hungry OXFAM

BBC debates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019smcc

10 April: Our current afro optimism – a true image of Africa?
Part 1 (53 min.) and Part 2 (26 min)
In the lecture series: The Current Afro-Optimism — a True Image?
Public lecture with Cluster leader Kjell Havnevik. Discussant is Clusterleader Mats Hårsmar. Both from the Nordic Africa Institute. Chairperson is Henning Melber, senior advisor, Hammarskjöld Foundation, Uppsala.