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About the Author
Célestin Monga is an economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He has taught economics and political science at Boston University and the University of Bordeaux. His books include L’argent des autres (1997) and The Anthropology of Anger (1996). The views expressed in the following essay are entirely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank.