Africa's Third Liberation - Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst

Africa's Third Liberation: The new search for prosperity and jobs by Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst ask how Africa's political leaders and interest groups can promote economic growth in their countries. Africa has experienced two liberations: the first from colonial and racist regimes, and the second from the autocrats who often followed foreign rule. African countries now have the potential to undertake a third liberation - from political economies characterised by graft, crony capitalism, rentseeking, elitism and social inequality. Drawing on studies of countries outside Africa, Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills identify the factors separating the performers from the laggards worldwide.