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If “development” has secured a bad name in Africa it is because the promise of deliverance from social poverty and economic misery has failed the local population. Development experts have rightly been criticised for offering wrong diagnosis and policy prescriptions not in tune with local aspirations and hopes.
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Ameyaw, A., Anamuah-Mensah, J., Dei, G.J.S., Raheem, K. (2014). Indigenist African Development and Related Issues From a Transdisciplinary Perspective. In: Asabere-Ameyaw, A., Anamuah-Mensah, J., Dei, G.S., Raheem, K. (eds) Indigenist African Development and Related Issues. Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-659-2_14
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