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Africa and the millennium development goals : progress, problems, and prospects / / edited by Charles Mutasa and Mark Paterson
Africa and the millennium development goals : progress, problems, and prospects / / edited by Charles Mutasa and Mark Paterson
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (255 p.)
Disciplina 338.96
Soggetto topico Economic development projects - Africa - Evaluation
ISBN 1-4422-5627-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction: the Millennium Development Goals in Africa / Charles Mutasa -- ; Part I: The political economy of development in Africa -- Rethinking the vision for development in Africa / Mbaya J. Kankwenda -- Conflict and development in Africa / Ademola Abass and Dan Kuwali -- Governance and development in Africa / L. Adele Jinadu -- ; Part II: Key structural issues for development in Africa -- Promoting gender equality and empowering women (MDG three) / Zanele Khumalo and Antonia Porter -- Developing a global partnership for development (MDG eight) / James Jonah -- ; Part III: Sustainable development goals in Africa -- Eradicating poverty and hunger (MDG one) / Richard M. Mkandawire and Mandivamba Rukuni -- Ensuring environmental sustainability (MDG seven) / Saliem Fakir, Manisha Gulati, and Louise Scholtz -- ; Part IV: Human development goals in Africa -- Achieving universal primary education (MDG two) / Francis R. Mkandawire -- Reducing child mortality (MDG four) / Agbessi Amouzou -- Improving maternal health (MDG five) / Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases (MDG six) / Maureen Adudans -- Conclusion: the post-2015 development framework in Africa / Mark Paterson.
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
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Africa and the millennium development goals : progress, problems, and prospects / / edited by Charles Mutasa and Mark Paterson
Africa and the millennium development goals : progress, problems, and prospects / / edited by Charles Mutasa and Mark Paterson
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (255 p.)
Disciplina 338.96
Soggetto topico Economic development projects - Africa - Evaluation
ISBN 1-4422-5627-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction: the Millennium Development Goals in Africa / Charles Mutasa -- ; Part I: The political economy of development in Africa -- Rethinking the vision for development in Africa / Mbaya J. Kankwenda -- Conflict and development in Africa / Ademola Abass and Dan Kuwali -- Governance and development in Africa / L. Adele Jinadu -- ; Part II: Key structural issues for development in Africa -- Promoting gender equality and empowering women (MDG three) / Zanele Khumalo and Antonia Porter -- Developing a global partnership for development (MDG eight) / James Jonah -- ; Part III: Sustainable development goals in Africa -- Eradicating poverty and hunger (MDG one) / Richard M. Mkandawire and Mandivamba Rukuni -- Ensuring environmental sustainability (MDG seven) / Saliem Fakir, Manisha Gulati, and Louise Scholtz -- ; Part IV: Human development goals in Africa -- Achieving universal primary education (MDG two) / Francis R. Mkandawire -- Reducing child mortality (MDG four) / Agbessi Amouzou -- Improving maternal health (MDG five) / Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases (MDG six) / Maureen Adudans -- Conclusion: the post-2015 development framework in Africa / Mark Paterson.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910819536003321
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
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Building state capacity in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Building state capacity in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
Descrizione fisica xiii, 377 p. : ill
Disciplina 320.6/096
Altri autori (Persone) LevyBrian <1954->
KpundehSahr John
Collana WBI development studies
Soggetto topico Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-08506-1
9786610085064
1-4175-5006-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455679503321
Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
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Building state capacity in Africa : : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Building state capacity in Africa : : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004
Descrizione fisica xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
Disciplina 320.6/096
Altri autori (Persone) LevyBrian <1954->
KpundehSahr John
Collana WBI development studies
Soggetto topico Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa
ISBN 1-280-08506-1
9786610085064
1-4175-5006-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780580603321
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004
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Building state capacity in Africa : : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Building state capacity in Africa : : new approaches, emerging lessons / / edited by Brian Levy, Sahr Kpundeh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004
Descrizione fisica xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
Disciplina 320.6/096
Altri autori (Persone) LevyBrian <1954->
KpundehSahr John
Collana WBI development studies
Soggetto topico Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa
ISBN 1-280-08506-1
9786610085064
1-4175-5006-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910812976103321
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004
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Contending issues in African development [[electronic resource] ] : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Contending issues in African development [[electronic resource] ] : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Pubbl/distr/stampa Westport, CT, : Greenwood Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (350 p.)
Disciplina 338.96
Altri autori (Persone) IheduruObioma M
Collana Contributions in economics and economic history
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-313-00101-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454988803321
Westport, CT, : Greenwood Press, 2001
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Contending issues in African development [[electronic resource] ] : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Contending issues in African development [[electronic resource] ] : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Pubbl/distr/stampa Westport, CT, : Greenwood Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (350 p.)
Disciplina 338.96
Altri autori (Persone) IheduruObioma M
Collana Contributions in economics and economic history
ISBN 0-313-00101-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779959603321
Westport, CT, : Greenwood Press, 2001
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Contending issues in African development : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Contending issues in African development : advances, challenges, and the future / / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (350 p.)
Disciplina 338.96
Altri autori (Persone) IheduruObioma M
Collana Contributions in economics and economic history
ISBN 979-84-00-63153-5
0-313-00101-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- CONTENDING ISSUES IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT -- Contents -- PART I Introduction -- 1 Conflicts and Convergence in African Development Thinking -- BRING BACK THE STATE -- BUILDING SOCIAL CAPACITY -- POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE -- REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- PART II Bring Back the State: From Instability to Consolidation -- 2 The Political Economy of State Reconstitution in Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- MODERNIZATION AND NEOLIBERAL ARGUMENTS -- DEPENDENCY THEORY11 -- CONCEPT OF STATEHOOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO AFRICA -- WHERE THE RAIN BEGAN TO BEAT US27 -- INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN AFRICA -- RECONSTITUTING THE AFRICAN STATES -- THE ECONOMIC CRISIS FACING AFRICA -- WESTERN RESPONSE TO THE CRISES OF STATEHOOD IN AFRICA -- IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: SUPERSTATES ARE BETTER FOR AFRICA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 3 The Mass Media and Political Stability in Africa: A Utilitarian Theory Approach -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTABILITY: DEFINITIONS -- Factors of Instability -- A MODEL OF INSTABILITY IN AFRICA -- MODEL VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS -- OPERATION OF THE INSTABILITY MODEL: HOW IT FUNCTIONS -- The Two-Way Relationship between Economic and Social Instabilities -- THE ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN AFRICA'S POLITICS -- The Colonial Press: The Duality of the Mass Media -- The Nationalist Press: Mass Media as Emancipators -- The Contemporary Press -- THE MASS MEDIA AS AGENTS OF STABILITY -- Media Impotence: Why They Are Not Stability Agents -- Development Journalism and National Development -- Consequences of Media Impotence and State Control -- Propositions for Remedying Instability -- Freedom of the Press: What Does It Mean? -- THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION -- UTILITARIAN JOURNALISM -- Genuine African Needs -- The Feasibility of Utilitarian Journalism -- Policy Reform.
BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4 Africa between the Meiji Restoration and the Legacy of Atatürk: Comparative Dilemmas of Modernization -- IS WESTERNIZED AFRICA PREMODERN? -- MODERNIZATION IN A FOREIGN IDIOM -- TOWARD MODERNIZING WESTERNIZED AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PART III Building Social Capacity: Civil Society, Democratization, and Human Rights -- 5 Civil Society and Democratic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- NGOS AS DEMOCRATIZING AGENTS -- NGOS AND POLITICS: A CONTRADICTION OF NATURAL EVOLUTION? -- NGOs AS AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENT: BACK TO THE FUTURE? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 6 The State and Human Rights in Africa -- THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AFRICAN PREDICAMENT -- THE NONHEGEMONIC STATE AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 7 Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Advances, and Prospects -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMOCRACY IN THE SUB-SAHARAN SETTING: TOWARD A WORKING DEFINITION -- FACTORS THAT IMPACT THE SUB-SAHARAN DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS -- Physical Resources -- Historical Factors -- Early Civilizations -- Present-Day Civilizations -- Influences of Colonial Rule -- Economic Woes and Recovery Efforts -- The Deficit Crisis -- Recovery Efforts -- Social and Cultural Conditions -- Fast Population Growth -- Rapid Urbanization -- Disease, Health Care, and AIDS -- HIV/AIDS -- Other Social and Cultural Conditions -- SUB-SAHARAN MOVES TOWARD POLITICAL DEMOCRACY -- Democracy since Independence -- Democratization Process Undertaken in the 1989-1997 Period -- 1989 -- 1990 -- 1991 -- 1992 -- 1993 -- States Struggling or Straggling in the Democratization Process -- States Struggling for Minimal Democracy -- States in which Minimal Democracy Has Yet to Take Roots -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 8 Prolegomena to an African-Western Ethics and Theory of Rights -- INTRODUCTION.
RELATIVISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND A COMMON ETHICS -- RIGHTS -- A CASE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL VALUES -- The Yanomamo: Overcoming Substantial Differences -- Cross-Cultural Appreciation of Cultures -- PROTECTIONISM AND RIGHTS -- AN AFRICAN-WESTERN VIEW OF RIGHTS -- Five Prolegomic Themes -- NOTES -- PART IV Political Economy and the Management of Change -- 9 Toward Democracy and Security in Africa: What Prospects Exist for the Sustainable Development of Civil Societies? -- AFRICA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CULTURE IN THE 1990S -- CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CONTINENT -- CHALLENGES FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- CONCLUSION: WHAT PROSPECTS EXIST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 10 Nigeria: The Dynamics of Agricultural Policy in a Restructuring Economy -- INTRODUCTION -- AGRICULTURE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURAL POLICY, 1970-85 -- STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES -- THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR NIGERIA -- A REVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF NIGERIA -- ARABLE FARMING -- PASTORAL FARMING -- CONCLUSION: A CRITIQUE OF AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE, 1985-98 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 11 Women and Sustainable Development in Africa -- CRITIQUING DEVELOPMENT -- AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT CRISIS -- ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND GENDER BIAS -- GENDER BIAS IN AGRICULTURE -- GENDER BIAS IN THE NONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMY -- GENDER BIAS, POPULATION GROWTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT -- THE GLOBAL ECONOMY VERSUS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PART V Regional Integration and Sustainable Development -- 12 Evaluation of the State of Integration in Africa: How to Strengthen the African Economic Community -- THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) -- ECOWAS Achievements.
Obstacles to Integration within ECOWAS -- How to Strengthen ECOWAS -- THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION OF WEST AFRICA (UEMOA) -- UEMOA Achievements -- UEMOA Obstacles -- How to Strengthen UEMOA -- THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA) -- COMESA Achievements -- Obstacles to Integration within COMESA -- How to Strengthen COMESA -- SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC), THE SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION TO THE SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION CONFERENCE (SADCC) -- Achievements of SADC -- Obstacles to Integration within SADC -- Cases of Success in Project-Led Development -- Toward Building SADC Political Strength and Organization -- Impact of Trade Reform on Trade and Industrial Structures -- How to Strengthen SADC -- THE CENTRAL AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (CEEAC) -- CEEAC Achievements -- CEEAC Obstacles -- How to Strengthen CEEAC -- THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA (CEMAC) -- CONCLUSION -- 13 West African Regionalism Revisited: Cooperative Management of the Senegal and Gambia Water Resources -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- SENEGAL RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATION -- ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAMBIA RIVER BASIN -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 14 The Politics of Regional Integration and Development in Africa: Issues, Limitations, and Prospects -- ISSUES AND EFFORTS TOWARD AFRICAN INTEGRATION -- AFRICAN EFFORTS TOWARD INTEGRATION -- THE POLITICS AND LIMITATIONS OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION EFFORTS -- Lack of Mutual Confidence and Trust -- Low Level of Cross-Border Trade Relations -- Poverty of African Political Economy -- Lack of Sustainable Political Will and Lack of Security Climate -- The Limitation of Institutional Mechanism -- Challenges of the New World Order and Globalization -- PROSPECTS OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION SCHEMES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PART VI Conclusion.
15 Redefining the African State: Political Capacity in the Post-Reform Era -- THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF THE STATE -- THE AFRICAN STATE AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- REFORM AND STATE POLITICAL CAPACITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910806869903321
Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001
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The Oxford companion to the economics of Africa / edited by Ernest Aryeetey . . . [et al.]
The Oxford companion to the economics of Africa / edited by Ernest Aryeetey . . . [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica xxviii, 657 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Disciplina 330.96
Altri autori (Persone) Aryeetey, Ernest
Soggetto topico Economic development - Africa
ISBN 9780199575978
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991001965939707536
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012
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Les politiques sociales transnationales [[electronic resource] ] : les nouveaux df̌is de la mondialisation pour le dv̌eloppement / / sous la direction de Daniel Morales-Gomez
Les politiques sociales transnationales [[electronic resource] ] : les nouveaux df̌is de la mondialisation pour le dv̌eloppement / / sous la direction de Daniel Morales-Gomez
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ottawa, Ont., : Centre de recherches pour le dv̌eloppement international, c2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina 338.9/009172/4
Altri autori (Persone) Morales-GómezDaniel A
Soggetto topico Income distribution - Developing countries
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-71809-9
9786610718092
1-55250-207-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione fre
Nota di contenuto TABLE DES MATIÈRES; Préface; Introduction. Les politiques sociales : Du national au transnational; PARTIE I : LES NOUVEAUX DÉFIS; Chapitre 1. Les politiques sociales et l'ordre social dans les sociétés transnationales; Chapitre 2. Les enjeux de la politique sociale à la fin du XX[sup(e)] siècle; PARTIE II : RÉFORMER LES POLITIQUES SOCIALES POUR FAVORISER LA COMPÉTITIVITÉ ET L'ÉQUITÉ; Chapitre 3. L'Afrique centrale et occidentale : La politique sociale, un instrument de reconstruction et de développement; Chapitre 4. L'Afrique subsaharienne : Des politiques sociales dictées par la collectivité
Chapitre 5. L'Asie du Sud-Est : La décentralisation de la politique socialeChapitre 6. Les Amériques : La réforme de l'éducation, les forces externes et les défis internes; PARTIE III : CONCLUSION; Conclusion. Quel genre de réforme des politiques sociales pour quel genre de société ?; Annexe I. Les auteurs; Annexe II. Les sigles et abréviations; Bibliographie;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910449829703321
Ottawa, Ont., : Centre de recherches pour le dv̌eloppement international, c2000
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