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Africa 2015-2016

Author : Francis Wiafe-Amoako
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475818697

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Africa 2015-2016 by Francis Wiafe-Amoako Pdf

The World Today Series: Africa provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends. Each country is examined through the following sections: Basic Facts; Land and People; The Past: Political and Economic History; The Present: Contemporary Issues; and The Future. In addition to country chapters, the book features extended essays on Africa’s Historical Background and the Colonial Period. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. The content is thorough yet perfect for a one-semester introductory course or general library reference. Available in both print and e-book formats and priced low to fit student and library budgets.

Africa's Pulse Spring 2015

Author : Punam Chuhan-Pole
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781464806155

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Africa's Pulse Spring 2015 by Punam Chuhan-Pole Pdf

Africa’s Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region. It also includes a section focusing on a topic that represents a particular development challenges for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa's economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic prospects remain broadly favorable. External risks of higher global financial market volatility and lower growth in emerging market economies weigh on the downside. In several Sub-Saharan African countries, large budgetary imbalances are a source of vulnerability to exogenous shocks and underscore the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers in these countries. The Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll on affected countries and, if not rapidly contained, the risk of wider contagion grows. Without a scale-up of effective interventions, growth would slow markedly not only in the core countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone), but also in the sub region as transportation, cross-border trade, and supply chains are severely disrupted. In Sub-Saharan Africa, growth in agriculture and services is more effective at reducing poverty than growth in industry. Structural transformation has a role to play in accelerating poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing agricultural productivity will be critical to fostering structural transformation. Boosting rural income diversification can facilitate this transformation, as well. Investments in rural public goods and services (for example, education, health, rural roads, electricity and ICT), including in small towns, will be conducive to lifting productivity in the rural economy. Although Sub-Saharan Africa's pattern of growth has largely bypassed manufacturing, growing the region's manufacturing base, especially by improving its fundamentals, lower transport cost, cheaper and more reliable power, and a more educated labor force, will benefit all sectors.

African Economic Outlook 2017 Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation

Author : African Development Bank,OECD,United Nations Development Programme
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264274266

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African Economic Outlook 2017 Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation by African Development Bank,OECD,United Nations Development Programme Pdf

The African Economic Outlook 2017 presents the continent’s current state of affairs and forecasts its situation for the coming two years.

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781475595390

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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Pdf

The sharp decline in oil and other commodity prices have adversely impacted sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, the region is projected to register another year of solid economic performance. In South Africa, however, growth is expected to remain lackluster, while in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone the Ebola outbreak continues to exact a heavy economic and social toll. This report also considers how sub-Saharan Africa can harness the demographic dividend from an unprecedented increase in the working age population, as well as the strength of the region's integration into global value chains.

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2015-2016

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211283868

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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2015-2016 by United Nations Publications Pdf

Trends can be noted for the past five years, and with this in mind, the 2015-16 Survey will utilize recent data in order to take stock of the impact of instability and conflict, and address the foregone growth and output and destructive effects of this period.

OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2016

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264267589

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OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2016 by OECD Pdf

The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD's twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years.

Africa Reimagined

Author : Hlumelo Biko
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445699738

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Africa Reimagined by Hlumelo Biko Pdf

Steve Biko argued that ‘the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed’. Hlumelo Biko unpacks this in its practical import and shows how changing the situation can transform Africa.

Africa in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Author : Leo Charles Zulu,Cristina D'Alessandro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351658416

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Africa in the Post-2015 Development Agenda by Leo Charles Zulu,Cristina D'Alessandro Pdf

This book offers a multifaceted examination of Africa’s development into the post-2015 global agenda from a geographical perspective. As a diversified and highly applied discipline, geography has a lot to offer to global debates, nuanced analysis of problems on and the search for innovative solutions to advance the African development agenda beyond 2015. The end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 mark an important turning point for Africa and an opportune time to examine new challenges and opportunities that it faces. The regional disparities in MDG progress affirm an important geographic tenet that the unique yet internally differentiated socio-cultural, economic, political, ecological, biophysical and historical context give Africa distinctive challenges and opportunities that demand particular approaches to development. This edited book presents innovative contributions examining Africa’s development performance in diverse sectors during the MDG era as a basis for understanding prospects for its development in the SDG era and beyond. It offers new and innovative study perspectives and methodological approaches on urban transformation, development financing, food security, climate change, gender equality, health, and regional integration, among other topics, and useful insights for scholars, students and development practitioners. This book was originally published as a special issue of African Geographical Review, the journal of the American Association of Geographers’ Africa Specialty Group, to mark the transition from MDGs to SDGs.

OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2015

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264236424

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OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2015 by OECD Pdf

This 2015 OECD Economic Survey of South Africa examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. Special chapters cover infrastructure and business regulation; tax policy and inclusive growth.

Africa's Soft Power

Author : Oluwaseun Tella
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000402179

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Africa's Soft Power by Oluwaseun Tella Pdf

This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most associated with soft power across the continent, this book delves into the currencies of soft power across the region: from South Africa’s progressive constitution and expanding multinational corporations, to Nigeria’s Nollywood film industry and Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme, Kenya’s sport diplomacy, fashion and tourism industries, and finally Egypt’s Pan-Arabism and its reputation as the cradle of civilisation. The book asks how soft power is wielded by these countries and what constraints and contradictions they encounter. Understandings of soft power have typically been driven by Western scholars, but throughout this book, Oluwaseun Tella aims to Africanise our understanding of soft power, drawing on prominent African philosophies, including Nigeria’s Omolúwàbí, South Africa’s Ubuntu, Kenya’s Harambee, and Egypt’s Pharaonism. This book will be of interest to researchers from across political science, international relations, cultural studies, foreign policy and African Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/ 9781003176022, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Africa Human Development Report 2016

Author : United Nations Development Programme (Un
Publisher : United Nations Development Programme (Undp)
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112116027464

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Africa Human Development Report 2016 by United Nations Development Programme (Un Pdf

This year's report on gender equality reviews the ongoing efforts of African countries to accelerate the pace of assuring women's empowerment through all spheres of society - in the home and community, in health and educational attainment, in the workplace, and in political participation and leadership.

New Leaders, New Dawns?

Author : Chris Brown,David Moore,Blair Rutherford
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228012566

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New Leaders, New Dawns? by Chris Brown,David Moore,Blair Rutherford Pdf

In late 2017 and early 2018, South Africa and Zimbabwe both experienced rapid and unexpected political transitions. In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, the only leader the country had ever known, was replaced in a “soft coup” by his erstwhile vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Over a twelve-day period in February 2018, South African president Jacob Zuma was prematurely forced from office by his former deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa. The widespread popular rejoicing that accompanied their arrival compounded the shock of these sudden transitions. New Leaders, New Dawns? explores these political transitions and the way they were received. Contributors consider how the former liberation heroes Mugabe and Zuma could have fallen so low; the underlying reasons for their ouster; what happened to their liberation movements turned ruling parties; and, perhaps most importantly, what the rise to power of Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa foreshadowed. Bringing together fourteen leading international scholars of southern Africa, and adopting a political economy framework, this volume argues that the changes in leadership are welcome, but insufficient. While the time had come for Zuma and Mugabe to go, there is little in the personal histories or early policy actions of Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa that suggests they will be capable of addressing the profound social, economic, and political problems both countries face. New Leaders, New Dawns? reveals that despite what these new leaders may have promised, a “new dawn” has not yet arrived in southern Africa.

African Women, ICT and Neoliberal Politics

Author : Assata Zerai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351363655

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African Women, ICT and Neoliberal Politics by Assata Zerai Pdf

How can we promote people-centered governance in Africa? Cell phones/ information and communications technology (ICT) are shown to be linked to neoliberal understandings of more democratic governance structures, defined by the Worldwide Governance Indicators as: the rule of law, corruption-control, regulation quality, government effectiveness, political stability/no violence, and voice and accountability. However, these indicators fall short: they do note emphasize gender equity or pro-poor policies. Writing from an African feminist scholar-activist perspective, Assata Zerai emphasizes the voices of women in two ways: (1) she examines how women's access to ICT makes a difference to the success of people-centered governance structures; and (2) she demonstrates how African women's scholarship, too often marginalized, must be used to expand and redefine the goals and indicators of democratice governance in African countries. Challenging the status quo that praises the contributions of cell phones to the diffusion of knowledge and resultant better governance in Africa, this book is an important read for scholars of politics and technology, gender and politics, and African Studies.

Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000637007

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Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa by Peter Neema-Abooki Pdf

This book explores quality assessment and enhancement in higher education in Africa to illustrate the need to develop quality practices in measuring effective education and continually search for permanent improvement. The book demonstrates that technological and socio-economic trends, innovations, and inventions of the twenty-first century demand that additional attention be placed upon education for national, regional, and international development. Since conventions for quality assessment and enhancement need to be defined and systematic structures constructed to develop quality practices, the book shows how quality in higher education within Africa has been established and advanced to provide a framework for monitoring, auditing, and reviewing assessment and enhancement. Though the book considers African complexities and diversity, it incorporates global trends and utilises an international focus that enables readers to devise appropriate strategies for developing and enhancing quality and standards in higher education in both continental Africa and beyond. Illustrating why quality assessment and enhancement should be embraced in all aspects including inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes in educational settings globally, this book will be of interest to policymakers and scholars in the fields of Higher Education, Quality and Global Studies, African Education, African Studies and Management and Administration, Leadership and Professional Development Studies.

African Paleoecology and Human Evolution

Author : Sally C. Reynolds,René Bobe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781009293396

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African Paleoecology and Human Evolution by Sally C. Reynolds,René Bobe Pdf

Humans evolved in the dynamic landscapes of Africa under conditions of pronounced climatic, geological and environmental change during the past 7 million years. This book brings together detailed records of the paleontological and archaeological sites in Africa that provide the basic evidence for understanding the environments in which we evolved. Chapters cover specific sites, with comprehensive accounts of their geology, paleontology, paleobotany, and their ecological significance for our evolution. Other chapters provide important regional syntheses of past ecological conditions. This book is unique in merging a broad geographic scope (all of Africa) and deep time framework (the past 7 million years) in discussing the geological context and paleontological records of our evolution and that of organisms that evolved alongside our ancestors. It will offer important insights to anyone interested in human evolution, including researchers and graduate students in paleontology, archaeology, anthropology and geology.