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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 |
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Money and Debt
| Money and Debt |
| Autore | Stellinga Bart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Disciplina | 332.1/109492 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
de HoogJosta
van RielArthur de VriesCasper |
| Collana | Research for Policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Political economy
Macroeconomics Public administration |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Economic Policy
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems Public Administration Financial Economics Political Economy and Economic Systems Open Access Dutch Monetary Reform Financial Regulation History of Money Creation Monetary Policy Monetary Reform Sovereign Money System The Bretton Woods Period The Public Role of Banks Political economy Macroeconomics Monetary economics |
| ISBN | 3-030-70250-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Money and Debt |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483534203321 |
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Stellinga Bart
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Transparenz öffentlicher Einkaufsdaten in Deutschland [[electronic resource] ] : Anforderungen und Handlungsfelder im Kontext von Open Government / / von Britta Reuter
| Transparenz öffentlicher Einkaufsdaten in Deutschland [[electronic resource] ] : Anforderungen und Handlungsfelder im Kontext von Open Government / / von Britta Reuter |
| Autore | Reuter Britta |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXIX, 447 S. 124 Abb. in Farbe.) |
| Disciplina | 336 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public finance
Macroeconomics Economic policy Economics Public Economics Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Public Economics
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics Political Economy and Economic Systems Öffentlicher Einkauf, Beschaffung und Vergabe Öffentliche Verträge Open Government Data Offene Verwaltungsdaten Verwaltungsportale Transparenz Korruption Public finance & taxation Macroeconomics Monetary economics Political economy |
| ISBN | 3-658-31687-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Kontext des öffentlichen Einkaufs -- Der Status quo des öffentlichen Einkaufs -- Bestandsaufnahme offener öffentlicher Einkaufsdaten -- Ergebnisse der Online-Befragung „Offenes öffentliches Beschaffungswesen“ -- Internationale Best Practices als Vorbild für Deutschland -- Leitbild und Handlungsfelder zur Öffnung des öffentlichen Einkaufs in Deutschland. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910427733603321 |
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Reuter Britta
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| Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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Die Wirtschaft im Wandel [[electronic resource] ] : Innovation, soziale Sicherheit, und Wohlfahrt / / herausgegeben von Christian Keuschnigg, Michael Kogler
| Die Wirtschaft im Wandel [[electronic resource] ] : Innovation, soziale Sicherheit, und Wohlfahrt / / herausgegeben von Christian Keuschnigg, Michael Kogler |
| Autore | Keuschnigg Christian |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 237 S. 65 Abb., 50 Abb. in Farbe.) |
| Disciplina | 336 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public finance
Macroeconomics Economic policy Economics Public Economics Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Public Economics
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics Political Economy and Economic Systems Wirtschaftspolitik Innovation, Forschung, industrieller Wandel Soziale Mobilität, Ungleichheit, soziale Sicherheit Banken, Kapitalmärkte, Finanzierung Empirische Forschung Nachwuchstalente, Wissensaustausch Open Access Public finance & taxation Macroeconomics Monetary economics Political economy |
| ISBN | 3-658-31735-3 |
| Classificazione | PJWPNM |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Forschung, Bildung und Wachstum -- Soziale Mobilität und Ungleichheit. - Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialpolitik -- Steuern und Staat -- Industriepolitik und internationaler Handel -- Geldpolitik, Banken und Finanzierung -- Unternehmen und industrieller Wandel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910473451403321 |
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Keuschnigg Christian
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