Göran Hydén

During the last two decades governments and development agencies have failed to
transform the material conditions in Africa through massive transfers of
technology and capital on a government-to-government basis. The peculiar social
forces which are at play in Africa are neither fully understood nor
appreciated. Goran Hyden presents radical proposals about how to reverse the
trend. He argues that the state is 'numb', that society must be transformed
from within and that private and voluntary efforts must be strengthened.… (altro)