Abstract
Africa, rich in diversity and natural resources, continues to reel from abject poverty and underdevelopment, especially in sub-Saharan countries. Its genesis in economic crises of the 1980s is disputed. This article contends that recognizing the complexities of these crises is essential to understanding Africa's current predicament and ways forward. I argue that the model of structural adjustment that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank imposed destabilized economic development and led to this policy's abandonment. In promoting social development, social workers can utilize models of empowerment through community practice to facilitate social and economic innovation in sub-Saharan Africa.
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