11.25.2019 - By Harvard Kennedy School
A short decade from now, Africa will have the youngest workforce in an aging world and the potential to become a spectacular economic success story. Or it could become home to the overwhelming majority of the world’s poor. Former World Bank Managing Director and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says African policymakers must learn the lessons of the continent’s most recent boom in order to ensure a prosperous future.