Africa's Development in the Twenty-first Century: Pertinent Socio-economic and Development IssuesKwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, Martin Kwamina Panford Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 409 pages The issues covered in this volume include the theoretical underpinnings of Africa's development crisis, food production, environmental degradation, conflict between timber & diamonds, land distribution, implications of ignoring traditional values, gender disparities in education, the African Union and urbanization. |
Contents
Theoretical Discussions and Consideration | 11 |
A New Conceptualization | 27 |
Africa and the Dialectics of Globalization | 49 |
Regional Groupings Political and Economic Unions | 69 |
Food Land Matters Natural Resources and Management | 109 |
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Development Lessons from Ghanas | 161 |
Olayiwola Abegunrin | 235 |
Equality and the Accommodation | 249 |
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The Case of | 323 |
Currency Devaluation and Poverty in Mauritania | 343 |
Africas Opportunities and Challenges | 357 |
Africas Participation in the Revolution in Information | 375 |
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