Africa's Problems - African Initiatives.

The text being reviewed is published by the Africa Policy Center, a policy-oriented unit affiliated with the Washington Office on Africa. The Center seeks to identify critical issues in US-Africa relations and to assemble and disseminate information about Africa to interested policy audiences. This publication, issued in accordance with that commitment, is composed of six chapters plus a collection of position papers and selected policy documents.

The policy documents reprinted in the volume emanate from several sources. The first document, the African Alternatives Framework to Structural Adjustment Programs for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation (AAF-SAP), originated from studies initiated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). It is offered as an alternative to orthodox International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World …