The World Bank and Its Critics: the Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

In 1981, as Sub-Saharan Africa continued in its downward spiral of economic demise, the World Bank issued a major study on the causes of Africa's economic woes and potential short-term steps to alleviate them. The World Bank's Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda for Action. In this paper, the authors dissect a number of the major controversies engendered by the World Bank Report, by presenting and evaluating the differences between the authors of the Report and critics of the Report.