Throughtout the post-colonial period in Africa, there has been no shortage of economists, non-governmental organizations, diplomats, and aid organizations flying in from the United States and Western Europe with an astonishing array of prescriptions and reform plans to dramatically transform the economies and governance structures of these young nations. With few exceptions, these interventions failed […] The post Departures Podcast featuring Bronwen Everill, author of “Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance and African Economics” appeared first on Robert Amsterdam.