Screen LibraryThe development of Africa : issues, diagnoses and prognoses /
"This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent?s development. It interrogates and answers established, critical, current and pragmatic...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Social indicators research series,
volume 71 |
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| Summary: |
"This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent?s development. It interrogates and answers established, critical, current and pragmatic problems confronting Africa today, and provides workable pathways out of the development problems, so that scholarship, policy and practice will be positively impacted. This volume adds great depth and extended breadth to the knowledge base on development of Africa. It provides excellent resources for academics, scholars, student, policy makers and all those interested in issues affecting Africa's development"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 412 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319662411 (hardback) : 3319662414 (hardback) 9783319882048 (ebook) 331988204X (ebook) |
| Index Number: | HC800 |
| CLC: | F140.4 |
| Call Number: | F140.4/D489-2 |
| Contents: |
Conceptualization and framing realities of Africa's development / Africa and the development narratives: occurrences, history and theories / Theorizing Africa's development problem / Poverty in Africa / Education in Africa / Land question, agriculture, industrialization and the economy of Zimbabwe: a critical reflection / Africa's governance travails after more than two decades of democratic experiments / Limitations of peace negotiations and identity constructs in conflict-prone countries in Africa: a focus on the Central African Republic (CAR) / Africa and the media / Retooling Africa's development: child and youth inclusion in the development agenda / Health and diseases in Africa / Corruption and Africa / Africa and climate change refugees' quandary: Kenya perspectives / Gender in Africa / Non-state actors as the strategic realm in Africa's development / Globalization and Africa's development / Breaking the incubus? : the tripartite Free Trade agreements and the prospects of developmental integration in Africa / Peace and security in Africa: United Nations challenges / African development initiatives / Africa, migration and development: the Lagos women of Bamenda Grassfields, Cameroon / Aid and development in Africa / |