Volume 5, Number 2

June/July 2011

We are all concerned with the ongoing developmental challenges facing the African continent, yet opinions on what can or ought to be done vary considerably. The post-colonial era has left us with a legacy of developmental failures and, as a result, many are understandably critical of the international‚ poverty industry that seems to continue without end. Are we to conclude that Africa will be, now and forever, impoverished? Or should we still have faith in the intentions of external actors?