Assistance for development in African countries

Abstract

This paper is mainly devoted to the discussion of the leading issue in development assistance with particular reference to the countries of African which are not significant net oil exporter the paper is divided in to five sections section 1 examines export instability as a disruptive element in development planning in Africa countries and evaluate the various schemes currently available for stabilization export earnings section II identifies two gaps namely the saving –investment gap and the import-export gap that may be filled by aid flows the problems external debt and its constraining effect on economic development effort is discussed in section III.