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How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier: Longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Joe Studwell Export / Airside edition
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How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier: Longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year
Joe Studwell
A radical reassessment of one of the most pervading myths of our time: that the African continent is uniquely ill-suited to economic development
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 29, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781805226772 |
| Publishers | Profile Books Ltd |
| Pages | 448 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 232 × 35 mm · 546 g |
| Language | English |
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