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Pilgrims of the night : development challenges and opportunities in Africa / edited by Ivor Agyeman-Duah.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Africa.
- Economic development.
- Africa--Economic policy.
- Africa.
- Economic policy.
- Africa--Foreign economic relations.
- International economic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Banbury : Ayebia Clarke ; Boulder, CO : Distributed in the USA by Lynne Rienner Publisher, Inc., 2010.
- Summary:
- This collection of ten essays on economic development in African nations highlights challenges faced by governments and populations in several areas of economic, political and infrastructural development and presents a series of solutions designed to foster greater autonomy, practical improvement and political stability to the region. Topics discussed include entrepreneurship in developing economies, promoting good governance, climate change and agriculture, natural resource management, public health, and electoral integrity. Contributors to this volume include leading economists as well as the former president of Ghana and other top political and economic thinkers associated with African regional development. Distributed in the US by Lynne Rienner Publishers. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Leadership, Government and Entrepreneurship in Africa / John Agyekum Kufuor
- Sustainable Development and the Role of Governance in Africa / Chukwumerije Okereke
- Africa, Arts and Climate Change : Promoting a 21st Century Revolution / Elsie Owusu
- Africa in a Post-Copenhagan Climate Accord / Chukwumerije Okereke, Heike Schroder
- Managing Natural Resource Booms in Africa / Anthony J Venables
- Africa and its `Hidden Epidemic of Diseases' : The Case of Chronic Kidney Disease / Andrew R Ready
- Water Sustainability and Security in Africa / W M Edmunds, Robert A Hope
- Reflections on a Contested Half-Century / David Owusu-Ansah
- Electoral Integrity Begets Governance Integrity / Wole Soyinka
- Aid and Africa's Economic Relations with Japan / Ivor Agyeman-Duah.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0956240151
- 9780956240156
- OCLC:
- 651921340
- Publisher Number:
- 99949633282
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