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Dackson reviews Marginalization by John Atherton.

Rosen reviews the book 'Globalization, Growth and Marginalization' edited by A. S. Bhalla.

SIX RECENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON NORTH AFRICA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FURTHER MARGINALIZAITON OF AFRICA. THEY ARE: THE RISE OF EUROCENTRICISM; THE REVIVIAL OF THE "PRODIGAL SON" PHENOMENON, REPRESENTED BY THE RETURN OF COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE TO THE LARGER FAMILY OF THE WEST; THE EROSION OF AID TO AFRICA, WHOSE COUNTRIES HAVE GROWN INCREASINGLY POOR SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS; THE LIBERALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY; THE SUDDEN AVAILABILITY OF EASTERN EUROPEAN MANPOWER; AND THE NEW CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON AID TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY THE WEST. IN GENERAL TERMS, WHILE THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION HAS EVOLVED FROM A CLIMATE OF CONFRONTATION TO ONE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, AFRICA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS IN ITS QUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE ONLY SOLUTION TO AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS IS AN ACCEPTANCE BY THE RICH OF THE WORLD THAT BY BEING LESS RICH, THEY CAN MAKE THE POOR LESS POOR.