L'économie africaine : bilan et perspectives

The African economy: evaluation and outlook, by Marc Penouil The African economies have undergone great change since becoming independent. Considerable progress has been made, particularly at the institutional level: administrative and political structures have been created or improved, plans formulated, financial and commercial infrastructures built up. The growth in national product resulting from these reforms has been unequal, giving rise to varying increases in income in countries where population growth is rapid. These changes pose a number of specific problems that economists will have to solve during the 1970s, in particular the growing disparity in incomes between the different sectors, regions and social classes; urbanisation; industrialisation; foreign relations between the African economies and the developed world. Future economic development will depend on what solution is found to these difficulties. [Revue française de science politique XXII (5), octobre 1972, pp. 992-1016.]L'économie africaine : bilan et perspectives, par Marc Penouil Depuis l'indépendance, l'évolution des économies africaines a été profonde. Des progrès importants ont été réalisés, en particulier sur le plan institutionnel : création ou amélioration des structures administratives et politiques, élaborationPenouil Marc. L'économie africaine : bilan et perspectives. In: Revue française de science politique, 22ᵉ année, n°5, 1972. pp. 992-1016