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thirdworldcitizen: Perspectives: Why has Africa grown slowly? : Paul Collier (1999) clearly stated his arguments and explanations why Continental Africa is lagging behind in terms of development and...

Paul Collier (1999) clearly stated his arguments and explanations why Continental Africa is lagging behind in terms of development and growth unlike other regions of the world. Africa’s slow growth was explained by grouping the perceived causes into two-by-two matrix separating on one hand policy and “destiny” factors and on the other external and domestic. Furthermore, he comes to his conclusion by saying that reforms, especially in areas of domestic policy dealing with service delivery needs to be intensified while finally stating that freedom will be helpful in strengthening democracy which will likely support economic reform.   Although extensive and valid explanations were given by the author, it is quite hard not to separate the author from the institution he is working for when he published the article. He was working as a director of development research with the World Bank, thus making it hard for readers to rule out institutional bias since he barely made referenc...

thirdworldcitizen: CAUSES OF VIOLENT CONFLICT, ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES... : Articles reviewed. Kelman, HC.  2008.   A social-psychological approach to conflict analysis and resolution. In D. Sandole, S. Byr...

thirdworldcitizen: Analysis of London conference on Somalia : This particular conference was symbolically successful from the beginning in many aspects. It was the largest so far by attendance, not ...

thirdworldcitizen: Understanding limits and capacities of NGO’s as ma... : Articles reviewed Chigas, D. (2007). “Capacities and Limits of NGOs as Conflict Managers,” in Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, eds. , Leashing...

thirdworldcitizen: State ineffectiveness in DRC : Rotberg (2003), explained what “failed states” mean, and he simply explained  it as a state that cannot provide positive political g...

thirdworldcitizen: Monkeys in Space, Time machine, and every other th... : There is something quite interesting to do with Mars and nothing to do with Mars at the same time. Well, let me just say Mars is now the ce...