Check out this bibliography about the new economic, social and political scenarios in Africa. It gathers essential reading to understand a new reality emerging in the continent.

 

Besada, H. (2009), From Civil Strife to Peace Building. Examining Private Sector Involvement in West African Reconstruction. Wilfrid Laurier University Press 

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Brautigam, Deborah (2009). The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa. Oxford University Press 


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Robert I. Rotberg (2008). China into Africa : trade, aid and influence. Brookings Institution Press.

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Hare, Xavier (2010). La grande évasion : Le vrai scandale des paradis fiscaux. Les liens qui libèrent

 

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OECD Development Centre (2010), Perspectives on Global Development, 2010.

The 2010 Perspectives on Global Development: Shifting Wealth looks at the major realignment of the global economy that has taken place in the last two decades. Economic and political power has been shifting towards the developing world and emerging economies thanks to high and sustained growth rates in large developing countries, particularly the Asian giants of China and India.

 

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Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre, interviewed by CNBC in South Africa.

 

Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre, interviewed on South-South trade by Engineering news.

 

Henri-Bernard Solignac-LeComte, Head of the Africa Desk at the OECD Development Centre, interviewed by Reuters in London.

 

Jean-Philippe Stijns, Economist at the OECD Development Centre, interviewed by CNBC Africa.