Abstract
AGENERAL survey of African economies presents formidable difficulties. The problems are complex, and changes are occurring so rapidly as to render generalizations which were valid only a few years ago highly questionable today. Africa cannot be characterized briefly and accurately as either poor or wealthy. It cannot be stated categorically that it is or is not a continent of vast, untapped resources. The fact is that a great deal has yet to be learned about the potential wealth of Africa. There is a considerable body of knowledge of the resources of Africa, but the greatest part of the work in the fields of mapping, geological and topographic surveys, mineral, soil, and hydrological surveys, and the systematic compilation of meteorological data still remains to be done.
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