PROFESSOR LANDRY SIGNÉ  Ph.D.

“This seminal book is an outstanding contribution to the understanding of the policy-making process a nd evolution of economic development strategies in Africa…Landry Signé, one of the most innovative thinkers of his generation, takes the readers on an edifying journey that will change their views of Africa.” 

Albert G. Zeufack, Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Group

 

“Professor Signé has produced a much needed road map to understand how and why the continent has been and is changing, and the different variations in these processes.”

Nicolas van de Walle, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, Cornell University

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“Landry Signé has succeeded in applying rigorous, original thinking to one of the most important development issues of our time: the rapid economic and political changes occurring in much of Africa.”

Steven Radelet, Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development, Georgetown University and former Chief Economist of USAID

 

“I urge everyone, especially my fellow African leaders and our international counterparts, to read this remarkable book.” 

H. E. Joyce Banda, First Female President of the Republic of Malawi

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“Professor Signé has viewed the development community from within… and teaches us what he has learned in lucid and balanced prose.”

Robert H. Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University

 

“We need more books like this.”

Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Oxford University