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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
African Development Perspectives Yearbook
Author: Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation
Author: Thomas S. JaynePublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590333440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa
African International Relations
Author: Mark W. DeLanceyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429723105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
African International Relations is a thoroughly revised and updated bibliography that contains annotated entries for international books and journal articles in the field of African international relations.
Perspectives on Third-World Sovereignty
Author: Mark E. DebhamPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349249378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
This book explores the concept of sovereignty in the post-modern world and its interrelationship to problems and issues facing the Third World. Specifically it examines the theoretical and practical dimensions of sovereignty in the current era, such as its changing dimensions and possible disintegration. These issues are placed into a real-world context by examining their relationships to political and economic development in the Third World.
Short-cut to Decay
Author: Terje TvedtPublisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171063465
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Sudan can demonstrate that while there is no short-cut to progress there is one to decay and misery. After eleven years of peace, the second civil war has now lasted for more than ten years. Regional, ethnic and religious conflicts are intensifying all over the country. The economy is in shambles while a small lite is enriching itself.
African Development Perspectives Yearbook
Author: Management Challenges for Africa in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Felix M. EdohoPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031309554X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Edoho and his contributors examine the management challenges facing African governments and businesses on the eve of a new millennium. As the authors make clear, Africa's future is defined by how Africa does in the 21st century. For Africa, a major challenge is how to effectively and efficiently manage its vast wealth. Africa is not poor because it is poor—it is poor because it cannot manage its development process. The shortages of managerial knowledge, skills, and talents are pervasive. Consequently, the region lacks the ability to organize production and run operations effectively and efficiently. The task of developing managerial manpower in Africa is not only imperative, it is urgent. After outlining theoretical and applied perspectives on management, the volume examines the public and private sector planning and management. It then explores the globalization of management technology, provides case studies of African management dilemmas, looks at management ethics and morality, and concludes with an analysis of the role of management in African national development. As the authors make clear, abundant resources will not of themselves usher in an African economic renaissance. Africa needs skills to identify and analyze its resources, to undertake investment, and to establish and run all kinds of organizations. Until Africa develops its indigenous managerial talents, development will continue to be elusive, and the process traumatizing. An important resource for scholars, students, and policy makers involved with African economic development.
The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa
Author: Charles Chukwuma SoludoPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 1592211658
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This book maps the process and political economy of policy making in Africa. It's focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique and it will appeal to students and academics in economics, political economy, political science and African studies. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to country depending on the form of government, ethnicity and nationality and other social factors.
African Industrial Development and European Union Co-operation
Author: Francis A.S.T. MatambalyaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317674669
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Of the 54African states, only South Africa is categorised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) amongst industrialised countries. The economic activities in Africa are still dominated by the production and trade of agricultural and mineral commodities. This situation is in spite of the longstanding Africa--European Union (EU) co-operation, which intends, among other things, to support Africa’s industrialisation endeavours. Imperatively, a long road to substantive levels of industrialisation still lies ahead of most African countries. This raises the question as to what role the international community could and should play in the twenty-first century to provide the support needed to expedite Africa’s industrial transformation. This book argues that to supplement the initiatives of each African country, international partnerships, of both a ‘North–South’ and ‘South–South’ nature, will serve better purposes if they are leveraged to develop productive capacities in African economies. In order to enable the African countries to leverage their traditional partnership with the EU for industrialisation, a paradigm shift is obligatory. A feasible model should emulate the Japanese-led ‘flying geese’ model and the Chinese-led ‘bamboo capitalism’ model.
African Poverty at the Millennium
Author: Howard WhitePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821348673
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This explores the complex nature of poverty in Africa. It identifies its political and social causes and assesses the impact of recent economic growth on the welfare of poor people. To permanently reduce poverty, it calls for realistic, home-grown policy initiative, governmental commitment, a realignment of the donor community's role, and the development of institutional structures, such as poverty monitoring systems, that can hold the governments accountable.