Abstract:This article outlines a vision for Africa in 2050 in which the continent narrows the gap in per capita income and development outcomes that it has with middle-and high-income countries. Specifically, this article describes the challenges of building on Africa's endowment of natural resources to become a supplier of intermediate and finished goods and agricultural products, with a diversified private sector, a growing service sector, and a high degree of economic integration on the continent and in the world. F… Show more
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