Africa's Economic Development

1. BEA JOY LORRAINE A. ARCENIO
IV-9 BSE HISTORY
PHILIPPINE NORMAL
UNIVERSITY
HISTORY OF
AFRICA

9. ECONOMIC
STATUS OF
AFRICA

11. AGRICULTURE
TROPICAL WET
SAVANNA
HIGHLAND
MEDITERRANEAN
DESERT

12. TROPICAL WET
occur along the Equator, the Gulf of Guinea,
and the east Madagascar coast.

13. SAVANNA
occur in much of eastern and southern Africa.

14. DESERT
occur in northern Africa, especially in the
Sahara and the Sahel.

15. MEDITERRANEAN
occur along the extreme northern and
southern coasts of Africa

16. HIGHLAND
occur in the highest elevations of Africa,
particularly in the Ethiopian Highlands.

17. FORESTRY AND FISHING

18. MINING AND DRILLING

20. • Unfortunately, several African
conflicts and civil wars have
been caused and funded by the
diamond industry.
• In 2002, the United Nations
created the Kimberley Process
Certification Scheme (KPCS)

22. "One half of the African continent
lives below the poverty line. In
sub-Saharan Africa, per capita
GDP is now less than it was in
1974, having declined over 11
percent."

23. Causes of the
economic
underdevelopment
over the years

24. According to researchers at
the Overseas Development Institute, the
lack of infrastructure in many developing
countries represents one of the most
significant limitations to economic
growth and achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals

25. African countries suffer from
communication difficulties caused by
language diversity.

26. Dependency theory asserts that the wealth
and prosperity of the superpowers and their
allies in Europe, North America and East
Asia is dependent upon the poverty of the
rest of the world, including Africa.

27. The economic impact of the
colonization of Africa has been
debated. In this matter, the opinions
are biased between researchers,
some of them consider that Europeans
had a positive impact on Africa; others
affirm that Africa's development was
slowed down by colonial rule.