Robert Guest

Robert Guest is a Washington correspondent for "The Economist" and regularly appears on CNN and the BBC. Previously, he covered Africa for seven years, based in London and Johannesburg. Before joining "The Economist", he was Tokyo correspondent for the "Daily Telegraph", and prior to that he was a freelance writer based in South Korea. He is the author of "The Shackled Continent", a book that tries to explain why Africa is so poor and how it could become less so. Bob Geldof praised the book, saying: "An excellent book. Timely, provocative and written throughout with a passion for Africa and Africans".

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* [http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/listing.cfm?JournalistID=42 The Economist - Journalists listing]