MANIFESTO (CENTREFOLD)

Why Democracy isn’t delivering

Development in Africa, and what to do about it?

Katanomics is built on a simple but powerful insight: African democracies often generate political heat without generating policy light for the developmental journey. This centrefold essay lays out the full theory of why that is. From its intellectual roots to real-world case studies. It provides diagnostic frames, and, for the doers among us, a reform agenda.

Below is the complete text of the manifesto. A downloadable PDF is available for readers who prefer offline reading.

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