Podcasts · The Africa Urban Lab Podcast
Joe Studwell on How Africa Works
· 1 h 15 min · S1 E1
Episode Joe Studwell on How Africa Works
Our first guest is Joe Studwell — development scholar and author of the landmark How Asia Works — who has just published his long-awaited follow-up book, How Africa Works. We dig into the book's central arguments: why dense cities are essential to building functional markets, how urbanization can actually boost agricultural productivity, and why population density is the key to affordable infrastructure at scale. It's a conversation that challenges some persistent assumptions about African development. Enjoy the show.
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