Elusive African Renaissance

Essays on Today's Critical Development Issues

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Africa faces several major development challenges that have adversely affected the political and material well being of the majority of the people living there.This collection of new essays rigorously analyzes those frontier development issues--including democracy, leadership, the economy, poverty alleviation through microfinance schemes, food security, education, health and political instability--and offers prescriptions that differ from the dominant neoliberal solutions.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-09-12
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt290 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor226
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476667744

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)Introduction: Mapping the Development Landscape in Africa (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)Democracy in Africa: Fiction or Fact in the 21st Century? (E. Ike Udogu) African Leadership and the Management of African Economies (Johnson W. Makoba)Microfinance and Financial Inclusion in Africa: Structures, Policy and Issues (Samuel Wai Johnson, Jr.)The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Development in Africa in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization (Samuel Zalanga)Higher Education in Africa: Challenges and Prospects (David N.P. Mburu)The Nexus of Food Security and Bio-Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa (Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor)Political Instability and Development in Africa (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)Rethinking Development in Africa: The Lessons (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)About the ContributorsIndex