African Development Perspectives

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
ISBN : LCCN:sn91025362

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African Development Perspectives Yearbook by Anonim Pdf

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552502044

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Our Continent, Our Future by P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo Pdf

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Chantal Marie Ngo Tong,Karl Wholmuth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9783643961730

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa by Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Chantal Marie Ngo Tong,Karl Wholmuth Pdf

Author : LIT Verlag
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783643964045

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Sustainable Development Goal Nine and African Development by LIT Verlag Pdf

This issue of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook focusses on the relevance of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 ("Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation") for Africa's development. Issues are analysed at the continental level and in country case studies. Unit 1 presents in four essays the African continental perspectives and achievements. Unit 2 presents six essays, which are focussing on aspects of the eight targets of SDG 9 in country cases. Unit 3 presents book reviews and book notes in the context of SDG 9. Tobias Knedlik is Research Professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and Professor for International Economics at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Samia Satti Mohamed Nour is Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. Anthony Ifeanyi Ugulu is researcher at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Karl Wohlmuth is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics and Business Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. Open Access Download

Author : Busani Mpofu,Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789201772

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Rethinking and Unthinking Development by Busani Mpofu,Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Pdf

Development has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa’s former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies. Beyond the legacies of colonialism, the volume also explores other factors impacting development, including regional politics, corruption, poor policies on empowerment and indigenization, and socio-economic and cultural barriers.

Author : Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107041158

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Africa's Development in Historical Perspective by Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson Pdf

Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.

Author : George Jerry Sefa Dei,Paul Banahene Adjei
Publisher : Counterpoints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1433120968

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Emerging Perspectives on 'African Development' by George Jerry Sefa Dei,Paul Banahene Adjei Pdf

Emerging Perspectives on 'African Development' Speaking Differently discusses numerous areas of interest and issues about Africa, including contemporary challenges and possibilities of development. It offers cautionary words to field practitioners, researchers, and social theorists who work in development using language that is easily accessible to laypersons.

Author : Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527526563

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African Perspectives on Global Development by Mahmoud Masaeli,Rico Sneller Pdf

Africa is not merely an invention with a modern, imperial or colonial background. Nor is it simply a continent in need of foreign aid from the richer, more affluent societies. Africa might be economically needy, politically unstable, and, in part, socially chaotic and suffering from civil wars and social unrest. However, the continent and its peoples are certainly different from the negative image portrayed in the mass media. Africa had been the cradle of civilization in the pre-colonial era, and is today undergoing a diverse cultural, philosophical, and spiritual development with great potential, contributing to contemporary debates around the ethics of globality. The novelty of this book derives from its multidisciplinary approach. Although the authors generally come from the fields of development and economics, global studies, political science, philosophy and ethics, and sociology, they present Africa’s alternative view of human wellbeing in order to provide theories and policy recommendations which inspire the specific developmental patterns for the growth of the continent. The volume discusses the meaning of development for the continent by drawing on culture, identity, ethnicity, and philosophy of nature. The contributors examine a variety of issues and themes directly related to the opportunities provided by globality to promote the development of the continent. They also discuss solutions for underdevelopment and poverty, and how those perspectives might be effectively integrated into the global agenda for the development of Africa.

Author : Goran Hyden,Göran Hydén
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520048709

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No Shortcuts to Progress by Goran Hyden,Göran Hydén Pdf

Textbook proceeding to a comparison of political development and development administration in Africa - examines the failure of capital flow, technology transfer and development aid to bring about economic and social development; emphasizes the need for decentralization, revival of local government, political participation, promotion of nongovernmental organizations and local level institution building and an indigenous management development style; considers the role of public enterprise. References.

Author : T A Ngwana,Olushola Fashola
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1398494550

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African Development Perspectives by T A Ngwana,Olushola Fashola Pdf

Africa remains a continent that is yet to achieve its full potentials, despite an abundance of resources and a rich cultural pedigree. There have been various attempts to dissect the impediments to the continent's progress in its march towards development and true independence. Consequently, this book moves away from mere identification of challenges to proffering solutions. The ideas put forward about African development in this book draw from a multiplicity of backgrounds. They are also offered through the prism of the lived experiences of contributors who are keen on engendering an African solution that weaves global dynamics into Africa's cultural context and did not shy away from identifying themselves as global citizens from Africa. The compelling read is a critical appraisal of germane issues in Africa's quest for development which speaks truth to both the powerful and the powerless within and beyond Africa on why prioritising Africa's development is as pressing as the Global climate catastrophe.

Author : Tobias Knedlik,Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour,Anthony Ifeanyi Ugulu,Karl Wohlmuth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914040

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Sustainable Development Goal Nine and African Development by Tobias Knedlik,Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour,Anthony Ifeanyi Ugulu,Karl Wohlmuth Pdf

This issue of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook focusses on the relevance of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 ("Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation") for Africa's development. Issues are analysed at the continental level and in country case studies. Unit 1 presents in four essays the African continental perspectives and achievements. Unit 2 presents six essays, which are focussing on aspects of the eight targets of SDG 9 in country cases. Unit 3 presents book reviews and book notes in the context of SDG 9.

Author : Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw,Jophus Anamuah-Mensah,George Sefa Dei,Kolawole Raheem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462096592

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Indigenist African Development and Related Issues by Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw,Jophus Anamuah-Mensah,George Sefa Dei,Kolawole Raheem Pdf

There is no term so heavily contested in social science literature/nomenclature than ‘Development’. This book brings Indigenous perspectives to African develop¬ment. It is argued that contrary to development as we know it not working, a greater part of the problem is that conventional development approaches that work have in fact not truly been followed to the letter and hence the quagmire. All this is ironic since everything we do about our world is development. So, how come there is “difficult knowledge” when it comes to learning from what we know, i.e., what local peoples do and have done for centuries as a starting point to recon¬structing and reframing ‘development’? In getting our heads around this paradox, we are tempted to ask more questions. How do we as African scholars and research¬ers begin to develop “home-grown solutions” to our problems? How do we pioneer new analytical systems for understanding our communities and offer a pathway to genuine African development, i.e., Indigenist African development? (see also Yankah, 2004). How do we speak of Indigenist development mindful of global developments and entanglements around us? Can we afford to pursue development still mired in a “catch up” scenario? Are we in a race with the development world and where do we see this race ending or where do we define as the ‘finishing line’? A Publication of the Centre for School and Community Science and Technology Studies [SACOST], University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Author : Paul Banahene Adjei,George J. Sefa Dei (George Jerry Sefa)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1044612067

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Emerging Perspectives on 'African Development' by Paul Banahene Adjei,George J. Sefa Dei (George Jerry Sefa) Pdf

Author : Martin S. Shanguhyia,Toyin Falola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000713930

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Development In Modern Africa by Martin S. Shanguhyia,Toyin Falola Pdf

Development in Modern Africa: Past and Present Perspectives contributes to our understanding of Africa’s experiences with the development process. It does so by adopting a historical and contemporary analysis of this experience. The book is set within the context of critiques on development in Africa that have yielded two general categories of analysis: skepticism and pessimism. While not overlooking the shortcomings of development, the themes in the book express an optimistic view of Africa’s development experiences, highlighting elements that can be tapped into to enhance the condition of African populations and their states. By using case studies from precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial Africa, contributors to the volume demonstrate that human instincts to improve material, social and spiritual words are universal. They are not limited to the Western world, which the term and process of development are typically associated with. Before and after contact with the West, Africans have actively created institutions and values that they have actively employed to improve individual and community lives. This innovative spirit has motivated Africans to integrate or experiment with new values and structures, challenges, and solutions to human welfare that resulted from contact with colonialism and the postcolonial global community. The book will be of interest to academics in the fields of history, African studies, and regional studies.

Author : Herkulaas MvE Combrink, Tobias Knedlik, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour, Ulrike Schuerkens, Katinka de Wet, Karl Wohlmuth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914415

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Business Opportunities, Start-ups, and Digital Transformation in Africa by Herkulaas MvE Combrink, Tobias Knedlik, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour, Ulrike Schuerkens, Katinka de Wet, Karl Wohlmuth Pdf

Volume 23 (2022/2023) of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook focusses on the issues of digital entrepreneurship, digital start-ups, and digital business opportunities in Africa. It investigates links between digitalization and development of productive capacities. It deals with business opportunities created by the digital transformation. It discusses the role of universities in the digital transformation process. It also presents book reviews and book notes. Country case studies include Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and South Africa.