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"Sub-Saharan Africa is at a turning point. The barriers to economic growth seen in the 1980-2000 era are disappearing and new optimism is spreading. However, difficult goals of eliminating poverty, achieving equity and overcoming environmental threats continue. This much-needed and insightful t...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge textbooks in developmental economics ;
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"Sub-Saharan Africa is at a turning point. The barriers to economic growth seen in the 1980-2000 era are disappearing and new optimism is spreading. However, difficult goals of eliminating poverty, achieving equity and overcoming environmental threats continue. This much-needed and insightful textbook has been written to help us understand this combination of emerging improvements and significant challenges. Opening with an analysis of the main theories relating to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, the book explores all the key issues, including: Human development; Rapid urbanization; Structural and gender dimensions; Sustainable development and environmental issues; and Africa's role in the world economy. The authors use economic tools and concepts throughout, in a way that makes them accessible to students without an economics background. Readers are also aided by a wide range of case studies, on-the-ground examples and statistical information, which provide a detailed analysis of each topic. This text is also accompanied by an e-resource, featuring additional sources for students and instructors. African Economic Development is a clear and comprehensive textbook suitable for courses on African economic development, development economics, African studies and development studies."--Publisher's description. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 596 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781138915008 (hardback) : 1138915009 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HC800 |
| CLC: | F140.4 |
| Call Number: | F140.4/L273 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Part A. Analyzing the African experience. Dimensions of development: geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development: growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Part B. Human resources in Africa. Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development: education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Part C. Sustaining African economic development. Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans. Part D. Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance: the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration. |