WP/07 Development Progress in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa
Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa are sub-Saharan African countries that stand out for their development progress. Each of these countries has succeeded against the odds, against expectations. This paper synthesizes the common ingredients of these countries’ success, and derives lessons. It concludes that smallness, landlockedness, tropical location, distance from world markets, racism, colonialism and other challenges can be overcome through appropriate institutions, governance and good economic policies.
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- WIDER Working Paper
- Volume:
- 2010/07
- Title:
- WP/07 Development Progress in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa
- Authors:
- Wim Naudé
- Publication date:
- February 2010
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 978-92-9230-242-9
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2010
- Keywords:
- sub-Saharan Africa, development, success, country role models
- JEL:
- O55
- Project:
- Country Role Models for Development Success
- Sponsor:
- UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions to the project by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency—Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
- Format:
- online and printed copies