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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
Autore Cilliers Jakkie
Pubbl/distr/stampa Springer Nature, 2021
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XVII, 421 pages) : 57 illustrations, 55 illustrations in color
Disciplina 330.9600112
Soggetto topico Economic development - Africa
Soggetto non controllato African Politics
Development Studies
Political Economy/Economic Systems
Political Economy and Economic Systems
Africa
demographics
population
development
development in Africa
African Union
China
political economy in Africa
Open access
Politics & government
Political economy
ISBN 3-030-46590-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Growing Gap -- The Growing Income Divergence -- South Korea and Ghana -- The Importance of Labour and Demographics -- Productivity and Economic Structure -- The Global Context -- Dealing with Africa's Diversity-Using Country Income Groups -- Previous Studies and the International Futures Forecasting Platform -- Structure of the Book -- Further Reading -- 2 Africa's Current Path -- From Brundtland to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes -- Africa's Growing Dependence on Commodities -- The Challenges of Commodities-Dependent Growth -- Rising Debt Levels -- The Third Wave of Democratisation in Africa -- Africa's Slow Pace of Urbanisation -- The Current Path Scenario -- 3 Health -- The Impact of HIV and AIDS -- Africa's Approaching Health Transition -- Urbanisation and Health Services -- Current Path: Access to Basic Infrastructure -- Modelling the Impact of Better Health and WASH Infrastructure: The Improved Health Scenario -- Impact on Disability Adjusted Life Years -- Conclusion: Planning Comprehensively and Long-Term -- Further Reading -- 4 Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend -- What History Reveals -- The Impact of the Demographic Dividend -- Comparing Niger, Egypt, Japan and Sweden -- Africa's Slow Demographic Transition -- The Peak and Length of the Demographic Dividend -- The Potential Benefits of Reducing Fertility Rates -- The Components of the Demographic Dividend Scenario -- Scenario Impact on Global Population -- Impact of the Demographic Dividend on Africa -- Conclusion: Reducing Fertility Rates and Working Towards Africa's Demographic Dividend -- Further Reading -- 5 Wanted: A Revolution in Agriculture -- After Independence -- Agriculture Today.
Obstacles to a Revolution in Agriculture -- Achieving Food Security -- The Challenge for the Future -- Lessons from Elsewhere -- Modelling a Coordinated Push on Africa's Agricultural Sector: The African Agriculture Revolution Scenario -- The Contributions from Technology and Innovation -- Conclusion: Aiming at Food Security and Growth -- Further Reading -- 6 Boosting Education -- Recent Education Trends in Africa -- Comparing Education in Africa with Other Regions -- The Low Quality of Education in Africa -- Rates of Gender Exclusion -- Africa's Future Education Requirements -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Quality, Quantity and Nature of Education Across Gender: The Boosting Education Scenario -- From Basics to Technology -- Conclusion: Prioritising Education Outcomes -- Further Reading -- 7 Poverty, Inequality and Growth -- Globalisation and the Sense of Relative Deprivation -- The Interplay Between Inequality and Growth -- The SDGs and Measuring Extreme Poverty -- The Impact of the Additional Poverty Lines -- The Current Situation in Africa -- The Potential of Social Grants to Reduce Poverty -- The Promise of an African Welfare State? -- Modelling the Impact of Using Tax Revenues for Social Grants: The Social Grants for Africa Scenario -- Conclusion: Reducing Poverty Through Rapid and Inclusive Economic Growth -- Further Reading -- 8 Changing Productive Structures -- The Contribution of Services to Growth -- The Impact of the Diffusion of Knowledge -- Manufacturing in Africa -- Composition of African Economies -- Industrialisation and Growth in Africa -- Modelling the Impact of Industrialisation: The Made in Africa Scenario -- Costs and Benefits of a Manufacturing Pathway -- Conclusion: Promoting and Intensifying Local Production and Trade -- Further Reading -- 9 The Future of Work in Africa -- Trends in Employment.
Automation and the Threat to Work -- The Impact of Digitisation in Ghana -- The Promise of Greater Economic Formalisation in Ghana -- Conclusion: Thinking Differently About the Future -- Further Reading -- 10 Technological Innovation and the Power of Leapfrogging -- The Shale and Tight Oil Revolution in the USA -- The Potential of Renewable Energy in Africa -- The Challenge of Energy Storage (Power-to-X) -- Mobile Phones and Access to the Internet-A Big Leap for Africa -- M-Pesa and Innovation in Mobile Banking -- Mobile Phones and Social Change -- Formalising the Informal Sector -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Electricity Access, ICT and Digitisation: The Leapfrogging Scenario -- Conclusion: Harnessing Technology for the Future -- Further Reading -- 11 Trade and Growth -- From GATT to the Decline of Multilateralism -- The Impact of Preferential Access: Everything But Arms and AGOA -- Africa's Shifting Trade Relations with the Rest of the World -- Intra-African Trade and Efforts at Advancing Regional Integration -- The Need for Connecting Infrastructure-And the Challenge of Non-Tariff Barriers -- Perspectives on the Promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) -- The Potential Impact of AfCFTA? -- Modelling the Impact of Regional Economic Integration: The Africa Free Trade Area Scenario -- Conclusion: Advancing Africa's Trade -- Further Reading -- 12 Prospects for Greater Peace -- Trends in Conflict -- Africa's Leadership in Conflict Prevention and Management -- Changing Characteristics of Organised Violence -- More Riots -- Structural Drivers of Violence -- Regime Capacity, Type and Regime Dissonance -- Youth and Unemployment -- Poor Governance and High Levels of Inequality -- Modelling the Prospects for Greater Peace: The Silencing the Guns Scenario -- Conclusion: Focusing on Conflict Prevention -- Further Reading.
13 Good Governance, Democracy and Development -- The State of Democracy in Africa -- Is Democracy Making a Difference to Development Prospects in Africa? -- The Realities of Neopatrimonialism in Africa -- The Role of Leadership in Development -- Modelling the Impact of More Democracy: The Fourth Wave of Democracy Scenario -- Conclusion: Promoting Democracy, State Capacity and Human Development -- Further Reading -- 14 Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment -- The Shifting Global Aid Landscape -- Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment for Africa -- China's Growing Footprint in Africa -- Remittance Flows to Africa -- Modelling Increased FDI, Aid and Remittances: The External Support Scenario -- The Impact of the Combined External Support Scenario -- Conclusion: Unlocking Foreign Assistance -- Further Reading -- 15 Climate Change -- Africa as a Climate Change Taker -- The Global Energy Transition -- Carbon Emissions and Energy in Africa -- The Impact of Climate Change -- Comparing Carbon Emissions in Different Scenarios -- Responding to Climate Change -- Development as a Coping and Planning Mechanism -- Conclusion: Finding an Environmentally Sustainable Pathway -- Further Reading -- 16 Closing the Gap -- Prospects in the Close the Gap Scenario -- GDP Per Capita in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Size of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Extreme Poverty in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Carbon Emissions in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Structural Change of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Comparing the Impact of Individual Scenarios Over Time -- Scenario Comparison Using Income Per Person as Key Indicator -- Scenario Comparison Using Progress with the Human Development Index, Inequality and Extreme Poverty -- What Is Possible? A Comparison with China -- A Passion for Knowledge and Development -- In Conclusion -- Further Reading.
Altri titoli varianti Future of Africa
Record Nr. UNINA-9910473454203321
Cilliers Jakkie  
Springer Nature, 2021
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Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Pruritus
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Pruritus
Autore Kwatra Shawn G
Pubbl/distr/stampa Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 electronic resource (144 p.)
Soggetto topico Medicine
Soggetto non controllato dupilumab
IL-4
IL-13
pruritus
chronic pruritus of unknown origin
prurigo nodularis
uremic pruritus
lichen planus
eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy
chronic pruritus
mirtazapine
chronic
itch
refractory
treatment
noradrenergic
serotonergic
antihistaminergic
antidepressant
skin
atopic dermatitis
ceramide
pine tar
drug-induced
medication-related
epidemiology
inpatient
disease burden
national inpatient sample
medical dermatology
systematic review
prurigo
nodularis
atopic
dermatitis
race
gender
comorbidities
demographics
pediatric
children
malignancy
cancer
neoplasm
ion channels
cell signaling
Cav3.2 calcium channel
RT-PCR
wounds
itch in wounds
itch management
aprepitant
erlotinib
EGFR
epidermal growth factor receptor
NK1R
neurokinin1-receptor
mycosis fungoides
psoriasis
associations
lymphomatoid papulosis
lymphoma
racial differences
nodular prurigo
neuropathy
therapeutic
pathogenesis
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910557104703321
Kwatra Shawn G  
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
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ReOrient [[electronic resource] ] : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
ReOrient [[electronic resource] ] : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
Autore Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 337
Soggetto topico International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History
Competition, International - History
Economic history
Soggetto non controllato academic
american colonies
asia
asian history
colonialism
demographics
east asia
eastern world
economy
eurocentrism
global economy
global
historiography
history
industrial world
industrialization
international relations
marx
marxism
philosophy
scholarly
social history
social theory
theorists
weber
western world
world economy
world market
ISBN 1-283-37357-2
9786613373571
0-520-92131-3
0-585-05442-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778864903321
Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
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ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
Autore Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 337
Soggetto topico International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History
Competition, International - History
Economic history
Soggetto non controllato academic
american colonies
asia
asian history
colonialism
demographics
east asia
eastern world
economy
eurocentrism
global economy
global
historiography
history
industrial world
industrialization
international relations
marx
marxism
philosophy
scholarly
social history
social theory
theorists
weber
western world
world economy
world market
ISBN 1-283-37357-2
9786613373571
0-520-92131-3
0-585-05442-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNISA-996248079903316
Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
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ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
Autore Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 337
Soggetto topico International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History
Competition, International - History
Economic history
Soggetto non controllato academic
american colonies
asia
asian history
colonialism
demographics
east asia
eastern world
economy
eurocentrism
global economy
global
historiography
history
industrial world
industrialization
international relations
marx
marxism
philosophy
scholarly
social history
social theory
theorists
weber
western world
world economy
world market
ISBN 1-283-37357-2
9786613373571
0-520-92131-3
0-585-05442-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910818687603321
Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
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Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses / edited by Ralph S. Clem
Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses / edited by Ralph S. Clem
Autore Clem Ralph S
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cornell University Press, 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (326 pages)
Disciplina 304.6/0947
Altri autori (Persone) ClemRalph S
Collana Studies in Soviet history and society
Soggetto topico HISTORY / Europe / General
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato census data
data compatibility
migration
Russian censuses
urbanization
Soviet Union
National Council for Soviet and East European Research
Russia
demographics
ISBN 1-5017-0707-8
1-5017-0708-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- How to Use This Guide -- PART ONE: GENERAL AND TOPICAL ESSAYS -- 1. On the Use of Russian and Soviet Censuses for Research -- 2. Data Comparability Problems in the Study of the Soviet Population -- 3. A History of Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 4. The Ethnic and Language Dimensions in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 5. Occupation and Work Force Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 6. Urbanization and Migration Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 7. Marriage , Family, and Fertility Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 8 . Education and Literacy Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- Part Two: INDEX AND GUIDE TO THE RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CENSUSES, 1897 TO 1979
Record Nr. UNINA-9910136642303321
Clem Ralph S  
Cornell University Press, 1986
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VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
Autore Vornholz Günter
Edizione [2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina 333.33
Collana Studientexte Real Estate Management
Soggetto topico Real estate business
Soggetto non controllato Concrete gold
demographics
green building
real estate markets
real estate research
ISBN 3-11-039654-8
3-11-035495-0
Classificazione QT 395
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ger
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage -- Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Einführung in die Immobilienökonomie -- 3 Makroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 4 Mikroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 5 Immobilienmarktentwicklungen -- 6 Internationale Immobilienmärkte -- Literatur -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910787191503321
Vornholz Günter  
Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014
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VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
Autore Vornholz Günter
Edizione [2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina 333.33
Collana Studientexte Real Estate Management
Soggetto topico Real estate business
Soggetto non controllato Concrete gold
demographics
green building
real estate markets
real estate research
ISBN 3-11-039654-8
3-11-035495-0
Classificazione QT 395
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ger
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage -- Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Einführung in die Immobilienökonomie -- 3 Makroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 4 Mikroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 5 Immobilienmarktentwicklungen -- 6 Internationale Immobilienmärkte -- Literatur -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910827522903321
Vornholz Günter  
Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014
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Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
Autore Schayegh Cyrus
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina 955.05
Soggetto topico Science and civilization
Soggetto non controllato 1900
1950
20th century
biomedical sciences
civic
class differences
class
demographics
economic power
everyday life
global concerns
global contexts
historical
iranian culture
iranian modernists
iranian society
middle class
middle east
modern history
modern iran
modern problems
modern science
modern stresses
nonfiction
revolution
science
scientific knowledge
social distinctions
social reform
western context
world history
ISBN 0-520-94354-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Science and the Formation of the Iranian Modern Middle Class, 1900-1950 -- Part 2. Medicalizing Modernity Interactions between the Biomedical Sciences and Modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- Conclusion -- Appendix First-Time Advertisements by Physicians in the Tehran Daily Ettelā'āt, 1927-1939 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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Schayegh Cyrus  
Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009
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Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
Autore Schayegh Cyrus
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina 955.05
Soggetto topico Science and civilization
Soggetto non controllato 1900
1950
20th century
biomedical sciences
civic
class differences
class
demographics
economic power
everyday life
global concerns
global contexts
historical
iranian culture
iranian modernists
iranian society
middle class
middle east
modern history
modern iran
modern problems
modern science
modern stresses
nonfiction
revolution
science
scientific knowledge
social distinctions
social reform
western context
world history
ISBN 0-520-94354-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Science and the Formation of the Iranian Modern Middle Class, 1900-1950 -- Part 2. Medicalizing Modernity Interactions between the Biomedical Sciences and Modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- Conclusion -- Appendix First-Time Advertisements by Physicians in the Tehran Daily Ettelā'āt, 1927-1939 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808139603321
Schayegh Cyrus  
Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009
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