Author: Steven Radelet | Journal of Democracy

Steven Radelet holds the Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way (2010).

October 2015, Volume 26, Issue 4

The Rise of the World’s Poorest Countries

Steven Radelet

Widely believed to be hopelessly mired in poverty, stagnation, and dictatorship, the developing world has in fact been making steady progress for over two decades in health, education, income, and conflict reduction, along with democracy.

October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4

Success Stories from “Emerging Africa”

Steven Radelet

A group of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are showing they can sustain economic growth, reduce poverty, and achieve better governance at the same time.