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Africa at a Fork in the Road: Taking Off or disappointment Once Again?<br />

Part V: Shaping Africa’s Future 353<br />

20. Actors of Change in Africa: Human Capital and Markets 355<br />

Yaw Nyarko<br />

21. Past the Resource Curse: The “New Normal” of African<br />

Economics and Politics 365<br />

Paul Acquah<br />

22. Can Africa Move from Resource Dependence to Structural<br />

Transformation? 373<br />

Adam El Hiraika and John Robert Sloan<br />

23. Foreign Direct Investment, Natural Resources, and Employment<br />

in Sub-Saharan Africa 395<br />

Elizabeth Asiedu, Komla Dzigbede, and Akwasi Nti-Addae<br />

24. Tanzania: Turning Natural Gas into Sustained Growth<br />

Christopher Adam 415<br />

25. Feeding Africa’s Growing Population 435<br />

John M. Omiti and Nancy M. Laibuni<br />

26. Taking Stock of Africa’s Green (Shoot) Revolution 449<br />

John W. McArthur<br />

27. Smallholders Hold the Keys to Africa’s Food and Nutrition<br />

Security 473<br />

Sam Dryden<br />

28. Financial Markets, Investment, and Productivity in African<br />

Agriculture 485<br />

Christopher Udry<br />

29. Towards Sustainability: Predictors of Growth Reversals in<br />

Africa 495<br />

Jacob Oduor and Hodkinson Brennan<br />

Conference-Participant Contributors’ Biographical Information 519<br />

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