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Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited (1993)
Journal Article
Weeks, J., & Mosley, P. (1993). Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited. World Development, 21(10), 1583-1606. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X%2893%2990093-O

This article reviews the 1989 debate between the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa over Africa's adjustment, and on the basis of most recent statistics concludes that there is little evidence that the region is in throes of a recovery... Read More about Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited.

Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap? (1993)
Book
Weeks, J., & Jamal, V. (1993). Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap?. Macmillan

In the past African economies were (and sometimes are even now) depicted as suffering from "urban bias", which strangled the agricultural sector and eventually caused the "African crisis". Based on ten detailed case studies, this book questions that... Read More about Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap?.