This book provides a review of recent development in Africa. It reviews NEPAD and the AU and suggests what must be done for African countries to reverse their growth and security trajectories by asking if any African country will establish the prerequisites for sustained high-level growth.

Authored by Herbst, Jeffrey

Introduction; Chapter 1 The African Development and Security Record; Chapter 2 Western Responses to Africa's Crisis; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 Nepad and the Au: Towards a New Order?; Chapter 5 Tasks for the Future; Conclusion;