Africa should be the wealthiest continent in the world. The market value of all its resources, above and underground (such as minerals, diamonds, oil, and so forth), easily exceeds the GDP of Europe.

1. Why can't this wealth be leveraged?
2. Do you think the "resource curse" has anything to do with it, or something else?

[Read Chapter 18 of your textbook by Perkins et al.] = free link: https://1lib.us/book/2701585/0930ed