Africa: Population Density - a Missing Factor in Development - - and Why This Is Africa's Moment
Naturally, it will take many years for Africa to build the infrastructure, logistics standards, payment and customs systems needed to create a truly integrated market, but the direction of change is clear and already visible in a slightly growing share of intra-African trade.
Too few people, not too many Studwell's starting point is that until recently sub-Saharan Africa suffered from chronically low population density.
Sub-Saharan Africa has now reached roughly 50 people per square kilometre -- close to where much of Asia stood when its industrial take-off began around 1960 -- and the share of adults who can read and write has tripled since then.
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