Africa's Economic Performance: Limitations of the Current Consensus
利用历史、微观调查和国际组织数据，质疑社会科学界对非洲发展的悲观共识，强调女性地位改善和农业增长，同时指出世界银行政策评估的理论不足。
Historical and micro-survey evidence, as well as the standard data from international organizations, support less pessimistic conclusions on Africa's development performance than those reached by many social scientists. The changes that have benefited women over the last four decades are highlighted; a discussion of growth in agricultural production follows. However, the complexity and the brutality of processes of social and economic change in Sub-Saharan African economies are also stressed. The theoretical implications of these complexities have not been adequately analyzed by World Bank economists. The Bank's recent efforts to reassess its policies are, therefore, unlikely to achieve the results anticipated.