As the World Bank famously put it back in 1989, 'underlying the litany
of Africa's development problems is a crisis of governance.' This is a
collection of authoritative essays bringing together prominent
Africanists in political science and public administration to look at
the role of governance in African development. The goal of the book is
to move beyond the status quo debates about 'structural adjustment' and
to look at all the public and civic institutions which are likely to
play a critical role if Africa is to overcome its economic crisis.