Common Myths

Africa has "a democracy deficit”

"by 2003, Freedom House had categorised 11 African countries as 'free', 20 as partly 'free', and 16 as 'unfree'.

Africa's share a free and partly free countries, 66%, actually stands above the average of non-African low-income countries in 2003 which was 57%.

(Jeffery Sachs )

Sachs p315