African Development And Global Engagements

Author : Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031212833

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African Development and Global Engagements by Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran Pdf

The book takes a cursory look at the drivers and the directions of Africa’s developmental drive as a largely developing continent within the frameworks of the ever-dynamic global space, putting into perspective inherent challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century, and thereafter. Being the continent with most youthful population, Africa appears to still lack in requisite innovative interventions to transmute such demographic dividend into economic opportunities for the benefits of the larger population. Instead, there has been increasing trend in South-North migrations among both skilled and unskilled Africans across all age groups. Besides, impacts of climate change on the continent have also implied unstructured migratory trend within and beyond the bounds of the continent. Africa has continued to play a feeble role in various United Nations (UN)-enabled ‘Conference of Parties’ (COP) negotiations, such as the COP-26 in Glasgow, Scotland (2021). The management of recent Covid-19 epidemic across the world has presented a clear pointer to Africa that except development is internally-driven, no one is ready to exogenously drive sustainable good life for others. Ostensible ‘vaccine nationalism’ that has dotted the production and availability of various Covid-19 vaccine brands, which has ultimately left Africa as the ‘begging continent’ one more time calls for in-depth interrogation in contextualizing what the place of Africa has been, is and to be within the global interactive mode.

Author : Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351855013

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From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals by Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw Pdf

Millennium development goals (MDGs) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) have significant implications for global development, in particular for African countries. This book seeks to assist Africa’s policy makers and political leaders, MNCs and NGOs, plus its increasingly heterogeneous media landscape, to understand and better respond or negotiate the evolving development environment of the 21st century. In this collection of nuanced essays, the contributors interrogate the relationship between the MDGs and SDGs in key areas of African development to enhance our understanding and knowledge of the evolving nature of development. They address issues of governance, agriculture, south-south cooperation in a context of foreign aid, natural resource governance and sustainable development, export diversification and economic growth as well as emerging topics such as the internet of things or the sharing economy, climate change, conflict and non-traditional security. The varied, yet interlinked foci present a holistic overview of Africa’s development aspirations, and ability to transform the SDGs’ universal aspirations into local realities. This book will be of use to academics and students in Development Studies, Contemporary African Studies, Political Science, Policy Studies and Geography, and should also appeal to policy makers and development practitioners.

Author : Ton Dietz,Kjell Havnevik,Mayke Kaag
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004209886

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African Engagements by Ton Dietz,Kjell Havnevik,Mayke Kaag Pdf

By taking the emerging multipolarity at the global level as its focus, by highlighting African agency in co-shaping this new world order, and by adopting a historically sensitive approach, this collection aims to analyse African engagements and asks on whose terms these engagements are being built.

Author : Yiagadeesen Samy,Rohinton P. Medhora
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE - International Relations - General
ISBN : 9781928096559

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Canada-Africa Relations by Yiagadeesen Samy,Rohinton P. Medhora Pdf

A wave of optimism has swept the African continent in the past decade. The pace and extent of social change in recent years, when measured in life expectancy, child and infant mortality rates, literacy, numeracy and the completion of higher education, is quite remarkable. The urban middle class is emerging and expanding in many African countries, while political democracy is developing and strengthening. These positive changes are generating economic growth and attracting foreign investment across the continent, especially in the resource sector. But Africa is still viewed by many as the “dark continent” dealing with serious problems — civil wars, ethnic division, corruption, HIV/AIDS, poverty, food security and the disastrous effects of climate change — and these issues may well impede the upward trajectory of Africa. Canada-Africa Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead — the 27th volume of the influential Canada Among Nations series — analyzes the ebb and flow of Canada’s engagement with Sub-Saharan Africa through different lenses over the past few decades and also looks to the future, highlighting the opportunities and the difficulties that exist for Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is clear that a new Africa is emerging, and Canada must be prepared to change the nature of its relationship with the continent.

Author : Maano Ramutsindela,David Mickler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030148577

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Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals by Maano Ramutsindela,David Mickler Pdf

The book draws upon the expertise and international research collaborations forged by the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group to critically engage with the intersection, in theory and practice, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s development agendas and needs. Further, it argues that – and demonstrates how – the SDGs should be understood as an aspirational blueprint for development with multiple meanings that are situated in dynamic and contested terrains. As the SDGs have substantial implications for development policy and resourcing at both the macro and micro levels, their relevance is not only context-specific but should also be assessed in terms of the aspirations and needs of ordinary citizens across the continent. Drawing on analyses and evidence from both the natural and social sciences, the book demonstrates that progress towards the SDGs must meet demands for improving human well-being under diverse and challenging socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. Examples include those from the mining industry, public health, employment and the media. In closing, it highlights how international collaboration in the form of research networks can enhance the production of critical knowledge on and engagement with the SDGs in Africa.

Author : Dorothy H. Ettling, Kevin B. Vichcales
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781480807938

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Reach Out Africa by Dorothy H. Ettling, Kevin B. Vichcales Pdf

This guidebook is a collection of stories of African development projects that have transformed the lives of individuals and communities through collaborative partnerships. Through the study of these successful collaborations, readers will learn to: • Engage in capacity-building for collective problem-solving at the community level. • Work collaboratively for women’s empowerment. • Mobilize culturally diverse communities to plan, implement, and evaluate sustainable community development. • Build meaningful collaborations among university and grassroots partners. • Maximize volunteer skills and match them to community needs. The Women’s Global Connection (WGC; www.womensglobalconnection.org) embarked on this journey of cross-cultural engagement and capacity-building with one intention, grounded on three pillars: • Local ownership demanded individual and community involvement and buy-in. • Social empowerment required that each of our endeavors resulted in the local community’s capacity to share the knowledge and replicate the training that was offered. • The promise of sustainability curbed our efforts to engage only in projects that held the hope of long-term sustainability by the community itself. Years of collaboration among the women’s cooperatives, WGC, a private Catholic university, and countless volunteers has demonstrated the unbounded potential of reaching across boundaries and barriers to build a more responsible sense of global citizenship in today’s inequitable world society.

Author : Larry Hanauer,Lyle J. Morris
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833084125

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Chinese Engagement in Africa by Larry Hanauer,Lyle J. Morris Pdf

Examines Chinese engagement with African nations, focusing on (1) Chinese and African objectives in the political and economic spheres and how they work to achieve them, (2) African perceptions of Chinese engagement, (3) how China has adjusted its policies to accommodate African views, and (4) whether the United States and China are competing for influence, access, and resources in Africa and how they might cooperate in the region.

Author : R. J. Berg,Robert J. Berg,Committee on African Development Strategies (U.S.),Council on Foreign Relations,Overseas Development Council
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520057848

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Strategies for African Development by R. J. Berg,Robert J. Berg,Committee on African Development Strategies (U.S.),Council on Foreign Relations,Overseas Development Council Pdf

Author : Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782869784239

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The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements by Tiyambe Zeleza Pdf

This is the second of a two-volume work taking stock of the study of Africa in the twenty-first century: its status, research agenda and approaches, and place. It is divided into two parts, the first entitled Globalisation Studies and African Studies, and the second, African Studies in Regional Contexts. Topics addressed in part one include: trans-boundary formations and the study of Africa; global economic liberalisation and development in Africa; African diasporas, academics and the struggle for a global epistemic presence; and the problem of translation in African studies. Part two considers: African and area studies in France, the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden; anti-colonialism and Russian/soviet African studies; African studies in the Caribbean in historical perspective; the teaching of African history and the history of Africa in Brazil; African studies in India; African studies and historiography in China in the twenty-first century; and African studies and contemporary scholarship in Japan.

Author : Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315228068

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From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals by Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw Pdf

Millennium development goals (MDGs) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) have significant implications for global development, in particular for African countries. This book seeks to assist Africa's policy makers and political leaders, MNCs and NGOs, plus its increasingly heterogeneous media landscape, to understand and better respond or negotiate the evolving development environment of the 21st century. In this collection of nuanced essays, the contributors interrogate the relationship between the MDGs and SDGs in key areas of African development to enhance our understanding and knowledge of the evolving nature of development. They address issues of governance, agriculture, south-south cooperation in a context of foreign aid, natural resource governance and sustainable development, export diversification and economic growth as well as emerging topics such as the internet of things or the sharing economy, climate change, conflict and non-traditional security. The varied, yet interlinked foci present a holistic overview of Africa's development aspirations, and ability to transform the SDGs' universal aspirations into local realities. This book will be of use to academics and students in Development Studies, Contemporary African Studies, Political Science, Policy Studies and Geography, and should also appeal to policy makers and development practitioners.

Author : Haskell G. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021297259

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African Development Reconsidered by Haskell G. Ward Pdf

Author : Gabriël H. Oosthuizen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000116730379

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The Southern African Development Community by Gabriël H. Oosthuizen Pdf

This book, published in July 2006, significantly complements the burgeoning literature on regional integration in Africa. It is the most up-to-date guide to SADC's history and institutions, its policies and programmes, legal underpinnings and position in unfolding continental and global affairs. It offers a frank analysis of SADC's shortcomings, achievements and prospects and reviews its extensive restructuring.

Author : Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza,Demetrios Argyriades
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781586039585

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Winning the Needed Change by Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza,Demetrios Argyriades Pdf

Winning The Needed Change: Saving our Planet Earth represents the outcome of long deliberations and systematic exchanges among the several members of a truly global team. It reflects a diversity of viewpoints and makes no claim to finality. However, it represents an effort to carry the debate, which started with the establishment of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), or arguably much earlier, one step further, onto the planetary level.

Author : Inocent Moyo,Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Jussi P. Laine
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811524783

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Migration Conundrums, Regional Integration and Development by Inocent Moyo,Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Jussi P. Laine Pdf

This book examines Africa-Europe relationships and intra-Africa relationships vis-à-vis migration. It analyses the African integration project that is being used to effectively manage migration within Africa and across its RECs, and harnessing it for development. The book presents debates related to the EU’s hardening and securitisation of its external border against migrants from Africa. It shows that migration actually challenges Africa-European relations, which is discussed as an important theme in this book. Authors in this book volume investigate several issues ranging from conundrums relating to migration between Africa and Europe to migration within Africa, but also in relation to borders and boundaries, its bearing on regional and continental integration and the significance of this in terms of relations between Africa and Europe. This book volume brings into conversation issues relating to the governance of migration for development, social cohesion and regional integration.

Author : Stuart S. Nagel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349233557

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African Development and Public Policy by Stuart S. Nagel Pdf

This book analyzes various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in Africa directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within Africa and also from Africa research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmental decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering.