LEADER 03089nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910815894003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-56177-4 010 $a9786612561771 010 $a0-7618-4908-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016803 035 $a(EBL)616263 035 $a(OCoLC)700699448 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000428506 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12130252 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428506 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10424474 035 $a(PQKB)10882194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616263 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386470 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256177 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016803 100 $a20090820d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSorting Africa's development puzzle $ethe participatory social learning theory as an alternative approach /$fAlmaz Zewde 210 $aLanham, Md. $cUniversity Press of America$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7618-4907-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 09_578_Ch01.indd.ps; Chapter 1. Selected Development Theories: Some Post-World War II Theoretical Contests; Chapter 2. The Alternative Development Theory: The Participatory Social Learning Development Theory and Model for Africa; Chapter 3. The Institutional Imperative: Its Condition in Africa and Implications for Development; Chapter 4. The Human Resource Imperative; Chapter 5. The Resource Imperative: Natural and Man-enhanced Resources for Development; Chapter 6. The Technology Imperative 327 $aChapter 7. The Investment Capital ImperativeChapter 8. Putting Together the Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Paradigm and the Five Development Imperatives in Practice: Case Studies; Chapter 9. African Women: The Continent's Undervalued and Overworked Development Assets; Chapter 10. Looking Ahead: Some After Thoughts; References; Index 330 $aThis book explores why Africa has not managed to achieve sustainable, self-regenerating development. The work situates problems in the practices employed by national political elites, donors and lenders to African development, and book offers a studied alternative that can positively change Africa's development direction - The Participatory Social Learning Approach. 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica 606 $aEconomic development$xSociological aspects 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic policy 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomic development$xSociological aspects. 676 $a338.96 700 $aAlmaz Zewde$01626294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815894003321 996 $aSorting Africa's development puzzle$93962230 997 $aUNINA