Transforming Rural Africa - Economics, Technology and Governance

Journal of African Development

Yaw Nyarko

The topic today is a central one in Economics in this era. It is the question of the economic development of Africa’s rural areas. A large number of Africans still reside in areas which are relatively rural and agricultural. Many remain very poor despite increases in world standards of living over the past several decades and very high growth rates in many African nations more recently. A fundamental question in the Economics of Development is the question of what will transform these areas into high producing technologically sophisticated economies.