A strong-but-decentralized state model is not necessarily 'the answer' to the problem of development in Africa, but it is a critical part of that answer. The state has a very important role in creating the conditions and directing development in a nation
Through the recent few decades, there has been a strongly-asserted argument on African countries which are struggling economically and politically. The argument is that their way out of the vicious circle of poverty, debt and dependency is in the 'market' way. It is also important for their way out of political instability.
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