Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective / / by Louise Ackers, Gavin Ackers-Johnson, Joanne Welsh, Daniel Kibombo, Samuel Opio |
Autore | Ackers Louise |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XX, 191 p. 18 illus., 14 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
338.9
616.9041 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Public policy Africa—Politics and government Public health Globalization Development and Health Public Policy African Politics Public Health |
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Development and Health
Public Policy African Politics Public Health Globalization Development Studies AMR global health Uganda antibiotics Infection Prevention Control health worker behavior midwives Global Point Prevalence Survey public health facilities public health policy Open Access Public administration Politics & government Africa Public health & preventive medicine |
ISBN | 3-030-62662-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Complex Interventions -- Chapter 3: Anti-Microbial Resistance in Uganda -- Chapter 4: Health-Worker Behaviour and Midwifery -- Chapter 5: Antibiotic Use on a Case-by-Case Basis: The Global Point Prevalence Survey -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. |
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Everyday resistance, peacebuilding and state-making : insights from 'Africa's World War' / / Marta Iñiguez de Heredia |
Autore | Iñiguez de Heredia Marta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 327.172096751 |
Collana |
Manchester International Relations
New approaches to conflict analysis |
Soggetto topico |
Peace-building - Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to - Congo (Democratic Republic) Society and social sciences Politics and government International relations POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
International Relations Peace Studies Conflict Resolution African Politics War Crimes Mai-Mai MONUSCO Peacebuilding United Nations |
ISBN |
1-5261-2420-3
1-5261-0878-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Abbreviations --Chronology --Introduction. Resistance and the liberal peace: A missing link --1. Legitimacy, violence and extraction in the practice of building states --2. Patterns and practices of everyday resistance: a view from below --3. History and present of 'Africa's World War' --4. Claims to legitimate authority and discursive Attacks --5. Everyday violence and Mai Mai Militias in Eastern DRC --6. Creative survival as subversion --7. Everyday resistance and everyday order in world politics --Bibliography --Index. |
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Everyday resistance, peacebuilding and state-making : insights from 'Africa's World War' / / Marta Iñiguez de Heredia |
Autore | Iñiguez de Heredia Marta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 327.172096751 |
Collana |
Manchester International Relations
New approaches to conflict analysis |
Soggetto topico |
Peace-building - Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to - Congo (Democratic Republic) Society and social sciences Politics and government International relations POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
International Relations Peace Studies Conflict Resolution African Politics War Crimes Mai-Mai MONUSCO Peacebuilding United Nations |
ISBN |
1-5261-2420-3
1-5261-0878-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Abbreviations --Chronology --Introduction. Resistance and the liberal peace: A missing link --1. Legitimacy, violence and extraction in the practice of building states --2. Patterns and practices of everyday resistance: a view from below --3. History and present of 'Africa's World War' --4. Claims to legitimate authority and discursive Attacks --5. Everyday violence and Mai Mai Militias in Eastern DRC --6. Creative survival as subversion --7. Everyday resistance and everyday order in world politics --Bibliography --Index. |
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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 |
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Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development [[electronic resource] ] : Killing Me Softly? / / by Helen Louise Ackers, James Ackers-Johnson |
Autore | Ackers Helen Louise |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 173 p. 13 illus., 11 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 320 |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative politics
Africa—Politics and government Economic development Social change Great Britain—Politics and government International organization Comparative Politics African Politics Development Theory Development and Social Change British Politics International Organization |
Soggetto non controllato |
Comparative Politics
African Politics Development Theory Development and Social Change British Politics International Organization |
ISBN | 1-137-55833-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development 'Aid' -- 2. 'First Do No Harm': Professional Volunteers as Knowledge Intermediaries -- 3. Fetishizing and Commodifying 'Training'? -- 4. Can (Imported) Knowledge Change Systems? Understanding the Dynamics of Behaviour Change -- 5. Iterative Learning: 'Knowledge for Change'?. |
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The Palgrave handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda : contested collaboration / / edited by Sachin Chaturvedi, Heiner Janus, Stephan Klingebiel, Xiaoyun Li, André de Mello e Souza, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dorothea Wehrmann |
Autore | Chaturvedi Sachin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXII, 730 p. 34 illus., 21 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
320.96
338.927 |
Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economic development—Environmental aspects Economic policy International organization Economic development African Politics Development and Sustainability Development Policy International Organization Development and Post-Colonialism |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development and Sustainability Development Policy International Organization Development and Post-Colonialism Development Studies African Development 2030 Agenda Development Cooperation United Nations 2030 UN Open Access Politics & government Africa Sustainability International institutions |
ISBN | 3-030-57938-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1.Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance -- 2.Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance -- 3.Development finance and the 2030 goals -- 4.Transnational science cooperation for sustainable development -- 5.An evolving shared concept of development cooperation: Perspectives on the 2030 Agenda -- 6.The globalisation of foreign aid: Global influences and the diffusion of aid priorities -- 7.The untapped functions of international cooperation in the age of sustainable development -- 8.The difficulties of diffusing the 2030 Agenda: Situated norm engagement and development organisations -- 9.Diffusion, fusion, and confusion: Development cooperation in a multiplex world order -- 10.Conceptualising ideational convergence of China and OECD donors: Coalition magnets in development cooperation -- 11.Measuring development cooperation and the quality of aid -- 12.Interest-based development cooperation: Moving providers from parochial convergence to principled collaboration -- 13.Monitoring and evaluation in South-South cooperation: The case of CPEC in Pakistan -- 14.The implementation of the SDGs: The feasibility of using the GPEDC monitoring framework -- 15.Counting the invisible: The challenges and opportunities of the SDG indicator framework for statistical capacity development -- 16.Building a global development cooperation regime: Necessary but failed efforts -- 17.Failing to share the burden: Traditional donors, Southern providers, and the twilight of the GPEDC and the post-war aid system -- 18.Should China join the GPEDC? Prospects for China and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation -- 19.South Africa in global development fora: Cooperation and contestation -- 20.Middle powers in international development cooperation:Assessing the roles of South Korea and Turkey -- 21.The SDGs and the empowerment of Bangladeshi women -- 22.Russia’s approach to official development assistance and its contribution to the SDGs -- 23.US multilateral aid in transition: Implications for development cooperation -- 24.“The Asian century”: The transformational potential of Asian-led development cooperation -- 25.South-South development cooperation as a modality: Brazil’s cooperation with Mozambique -- 26.South Africa as a development partner: An empirical analysis of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund -- 27.Triangular cooperation: Enabling policy spaces -- 28.Achieving the SDGs in Africa through South-South cooperation on climate change with China -- 29.India as a partner in triangular development cooperation -- 30.Partnerships with the private sector:Success factors and levels of engagement in development cooperation -- 31.The role and contributions of development NGOs to development cooperation: What do we know? -- 32.Southern think tank partnerships in the era of the 2030 Agenda -- 33.Conclusion:Leveraging development cooperation experiences for the 2030 Agenda: Key messages and the way forward. |
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Physical disability and sexuality : stories from South Africa / / edited by Xanthe Hunt [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.40968 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HuntXanthe
BraathenStine Hellum ChiwaulaMussa CarewMark T RohlederPoul SwartzLeslie |
Soggetto topico | People with disabilities - Sexual behavior - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development and Health Development and Gender Disability Studies Development and Social Change Development Studies Biotechnology Disability and Sexuality Disability in South Africa sexuality, gender, and embodiment Global South asexuality Disability and femininity Disability and masculinity Sexual and reproductive health Open Access Politics & government Africa Gender studies, gender groups Sociology |
ISBN | 3-030-55567-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction (Xanthe Hunt, Leslie Swartz, Stine Hellum Braathen, Mark Carew, Mussa Chiwaula, and Poul Rohleder) Chapter 2: Disability and Sport (Rosabelle Riese, Xanthe Hunt, and Leslie Swartz) Chapter 3: Myths and Misconceptions about Sexuality and Disability (Stine Hellum Braathen, Mark Carew, Mussa Chiwaula, and Poul Rohleder) Chapter 4: Desexualizing of Disability (Martha Geiger, Xanthe Hunt, Mussa Chiwaula, and Leslie Swartz)Chapter 5: Disability and femininity (Stine Hellum Braathen, Xanthe Hunt, and Poul Rohleder) Chapter 6: Kate's story: femininity and sexuality (Kate, Xanthe Hunt, and Stine Hellum Braathen) Chapter 7: Disability and masculinity (Leslie Swartz, Jason Bantjes, and Poul Rohleder) Chapter 8: Bongani's story: young man's disability, his sexuality and relationships (Bongani Mapumulo, Leslie Swartz, and Jason Bantjes) Chapter 9: Sexual and reproductive health (Xanthe Hunt, Leslie Swartz, Stine Hellum Braathen, Mark Carew, Mussa Chiwaula, and Poul Rohleder) Chapter 10: Parenthood and Disability (Vic McKinney, Leslie Swartz, and Mark Carew) |
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The State of Peacebuilding in Africa : Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners / / edited by Terence McNamee, Monde Muyangwa |
Autore | McNamee Terence |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 431 p. 9 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
320.96
327.172096 |
Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economic policy Peace African Politics Development Policy Peace Studies |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development Policy Peace Studies Development Studies International Relations Peace in Africa Sierra Leone Transitional Justice Human rights Development Open Access Politics & government Africa Peace studies & conflict resolution |
ISBN | 3-030-46636-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Learning Lessons from Peace Operations in Africa -- 3. The Economics of Peacebuilding: International Organizations for Dealing with Victor and Vanquished -- 4. Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 5. Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperative of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration -- 6. United Nations Peacekeeping and Human Rights, Refugees, and Internal Displacement -- 7. Sustaining Women, Peace, and Security: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Africa -- 8. Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuildiing in Africa -- 9. Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, Demilitarization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead -- 10. The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding -- 11. Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) -- 12. The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa -- 13. Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Mediation -- 14. The International Criminal Court's Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa -- 15. Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary? -- 16. Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A PRactitioner's Perspective -- 17. Peacebuilding as State-Building? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- 18. Violence, Peacebuilding and Elite Bargains in Mozambique since Independence -- 19. The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned to War After Peacekeepers Left? -- 20. Lessons in Failure: Peacebuilding in Sudan/South Sudan -- 21. Such a Long Journey: Peacebuilding After Genocide in Rwanda -- 22. Crisis and Transition in the Sahel -- 23. Conclusion. . |
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