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Epilogue

In: Handbook of African Economic Development

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  • James T. Murphy
  • Pádraig Carmody

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As is evident from the number, diversity and coverage of topics in this Handbook it is clear that African economic development is a complex, divergent and rich area of study, reality and field of practice. Too often the field has been viewed through the lens of totalising meta-narratives rather than undertaking detailed, nuanced and reality reflecting research and analysis. We hope that this handbook goes some way towards forwarding the aim of doing justice to the complexity of reality and experience in this area. However this makes recommendations for policy somewhat difficult, as what arises in a given context as a result of particular histories and constellations of social forces and political economy may be difficult to replicate in others. In a sense then the “take home” from the Handbook and other recent important work is that, to paraphrase James Carville, “it’s the politics, stupid”.

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  • James T. Murphy & Pádraig Carmody, 2024. "Epilogue," Chapters, in: Pádraig Carmody & James T. Murphy (ed.), Handbook of African Economic Development, chapter 38, pages 574-575, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20690_38
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