Economic Reform and Democracy: Crisis and Opportunity in Africa

A review of Democracy in Botswana: The Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Gaborone, 1-5 August 1988, edited by John Holm and Patrick Molutsi.

A group of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are showing they can sustain economic growth, reduce poverty, and achieve better governance at the same time.

Democracy requires robust political equality, but the persistence of social, economic and cultural inequality complicates its realization.