Abdoulaye Mar Dieye

Abdoulaye Mar Dieye

Abdoulaye Mar Dieye is director of the Regional Bureau for Africa and assistant administrator of the U.N. Development Program. Previously, he served in other roles at UNDP and other U.N. agencies, and before joining the U.N. system worked for the government in his native Senegal.

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Want to escape Africa's middle-income trap? Avoid the 'Jekyll and Hyde syndrome'

Want to escape Africa's middle-income trap? Avoid the 'Jekyll and Hyde syndrome'

over 11 years ago // Abdoulaye Mar Dieye on African development

Economic stagnation is the main fear for African developing countries graduating to middle-income status, but there are other types of traps. A guest commentary by Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, UNDP regional director for Africa.