Leadership for Growth, Development, and Poverty Reduction : An African Viewpoint and Experience

Mkapa, Benjamin William

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABUSE;    ABUSE OF POWER;    ACCOUNTABILITY;    ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS;    AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES;   

RP-ID  :  57708

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The point of this paper is to emphasizethe importance and role of leadership for African growth,development, and poverty reduction. It is also an attempt toproject a more objective assessment of leadership issuesduring the first three to four decades of Africanindependence. Agreeing on shared responsibilities forAfrica's failures in its early years will enable allwho want to take part in the continent's renewal tofocus on the partnership that is now needed to close a sadchapter in Africa's history, and open a new one. Thecore elements of such a partnership have evolved in the lastdecade, and this paper argues passionately for the politicalwill, in Africa and outside, for their realization.