George Kararach is a Lead Economist for the African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d'Iviore, Visiting Professor at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and a Non-Resident Fellow, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines, Illinois, USA and until recently Senior Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Overview Chapter 1. Development as disruptions - a reconstruction of the theory and practice Chapter 2. Social discontent as search for development: from colonialism to independence Chapter 3. Natural resources, climate change and poor beneficiation - the potential for a curse Chapter 4. Trade versus aid: economics, politics, and dilemmas in development cooperation Chapter 5. Food insecurity and agricultural stagnation Chapter 6: Demography and migration - seeking out the dividends Chapter 7. Pandemics and diseases as forces of dislocation - a post-COVID-19 view Chapter 8. Conflict, drugs and criminal upheavals in African development Chapter 9. Innovation, AI and technology as handmaiden of development Chapter 10: Democracy and social inclusion: bridging public action and development policy rhetoric