The World Bank and Its Critics: the Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

In 1981, as Sub-Saharan Africa continued in its downward spiral of economic demise, the World Bank issued a major study on the causes of Africa's economic woes and potential short-term steps to alleviate them. The World Bank's Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda for Action. In this paper, the authors dissect a number of the major controversies engendered by the World Bank Report, by presenting and evaluating the differences between the authors of the Report and critics of the Report.Center for Research on Economic Development, University of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/100718/1/ECON187.pd