In 2000, the World Bank Group (WBG) published Can Africa Claim the 21st Century ... wealth brings development only if it is widely shared. Returns must be invested to equip everyone to participate in ...

This course aims to provide an overview of the development and integration of the world economy from 1800 to the present, giving an understanding of the origins of the challenges we face in the 21st ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

The 20th century ... Africa. The Chinese and African peoples once fought courageously for their national independence and freedom. They have since made strenuous efforts for peace and development.