Economic Development in Africa Research proposal

 DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 

Economic Development in Africa 

Om Thakar 

University of Ottawa

 ENG1100 DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 

This proposal is to explore the outlook for development in Africa. There are four measures of development: social, economic, environmental, and political (Cool Geography, n.d.). Countries will have differing standards for each measure, making it hard to compare social development with other countries. In addition, some countries may lack development in economic and political measures, but they could be solid in social and environmental measures. Thus, it is difficult to accurately explore the development of Africa. Instead of using Ethiopia as an example and picking economic measures of development, it can be used as a basis for expansion. Ethiopia cannot define all aspects of development in all African countries; however, it will give a basic idea of the economic development of Ethiopia at its current rate. The economy relies on many things; however, the backbone of economic development is agriculture, especially in countries like Ethiopia (Till, 2022). Around the mid-2000s, Africa was known as a hopeless cause in terms of economic development. Over time, many countries have been exploring business opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa for natural resources and arable land. (Ilan Bijaoui, 2017) This helps to bring jobs and business to the continent and aids economic development. The two sources in this proposal that I made use of are Agriculture for Economic Development in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia, by Emelie Rohne Till, and Multinational Interest and Development in Africa, by Ilan Bijaoui. The first source talks about how agriculture can speed up the process of development. Dr. Till is a lecturer in economic history at Lund University in Sweden. She specializes in development for low-income countries (Till, 2022). This source will be useful to relate agriculture to the economy and help to better understand the challenges and steps involved. Mr. Bijaoui is a graduate of Bar Ilan University. He has 28 publications, mainly to do with development. The second source will help to understand how international corporations DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA benefit from development in Africa. I also want to explore the potential impacts of introducing corporations to a country with abundant natural resources and how they are regulated. 

DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA References Cool Geography. (n.d.). types of development. Cool Geography. https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/Alevel/AQA/Year%2013/Development%20&%20Globalisation/Background/Types%20of %20development.htm#:~:text=Social%20%E2%80%93%20relating%20to%20the%20de velopment%20of%20the%20people%20of%20the%20place%3B&text=Economic%20% 2D%20relating%20to%20the%20finances%20and%20wealth%20of%20the%20place%3 B&text=Environmental%20%E2%80%93%20relating%20to%20the%20quality,air%2C %20water%2C%20soil%20etc.&text=Political%20%2D%20relating%20to%20the%20p olitical,freedoms%20afforded%20by%20the%20place. Ilan Bijaoui. (2017). Multinational Interest & Development in Africa. Cham Springer International Publishing. Till, E. R. (2022). Agriculture for economic development in Africa : evidence from Ethiopia. Palgrave Macmillan.

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