AFRICA IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: STAGES AND LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT
In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 279-286
ISSN: 0014-2123
WITH A GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) OF 355 MILLION DOLLARS, I.E. 4 PERCENT OF THE WORLD GNP, THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS ECONOMICALLY THE LEAST DEVELOPED REGION. DURING THE 1980S AFRICA UNDERWENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DECLINE COMBINED WITH WORSENING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL IMBALANCES. THE MAGHRED, SOUTHERN AFRICA, AND NIGERIA CONSTITUTE AREAS THAT HAVE A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT WITH MUCH POTENTIAL.