Africa and Development Challenges in the New Millennium - Adésínà, J.O. / Graham, Yao / Olukoshi, A. (eds.)
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This book is the first major attempt by Africa's own scholarly and research community to explore the meaning of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) and its potential for moving beyond mere political rhetoric to real policies. Key questions are raised around NEPAD's consistency with the market-oriented nature of the globalized world economy, poverty, gender and regional development within the African continent. Contributors examine what NEPAD means for particular sectors, including agriculture, industrialization, trade, and the socalled digital divide. And in a concluding section,…mehr

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This book is the first major attempt by Africa's own scholarly and research community to explore the meaning of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) and its potential for moving beyond mere political rhetoric to real policies. Key questions are raised around NEPAD's consistency with the market-oriented nature of the globalized world economy, poverty, gender and regional development within the African continent. Contributors examine what NEPAD means for particular sectors, including agriculture, industrialization, trade, and the socalled digital divide. And in a concluding section, the thorny issues relating to the financing of Africa's development in the years to come are raised.
Autorenporträt
Jimi Adesina is Professor of Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa. He has previously taught and studied at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Warwick. He is a member of the Executive Committee of CODESRIA. Yao Graham is coordinator of the Third World Network - Africa, a pan-African research and advocacy organization based in Ghana. Adebayo Olukoshi is Executive Secretary of CODESRIA. He has formerly served as Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Institutional Affairs. >Yao Graham is coordinator of the Third World Network - Africa, a pan-African research and advocacy organization based in Ghana. Adebayo Olukoshi is Executive Secretary of CODESRIA. He has formerly served as Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Institutional Affairs.