Strategies for meeting the millennium development goals in Africa / guest editors, Emmanuel Cleeve and Tidings Ndhlovu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cleeve, Emmanuel.

Ndhlovu, Tidings.

Series:

International journal of social economics ; v. 3, no. 1/2, 2004, special issue.

International journal of social economics ; v. 3, no. 1/2, 2004, special issue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--Africa.

Entrepreneurship.

Africa--Economic conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald Group Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper reviews, assesses and evaluates the performance of sub-Saharan African countries towards achieving the international development goals and targets set by the United Nations, UN Millennium Development Goals and the Agenda for Action of the 2nd Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Africa's recent economic performance is a reflection of the policies it has pursued since the 1960's. It summarises the progress of sub-Saharan African countries with a view to providing a clearer understanding of the constraints they face in reaching the goals, with a special focus on the e

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Introduction; Tracking the Millennium Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa; Acts of entrepreneurial creativity for business growth and survival in a constrained economy; Determinants of capital structure; The common market for Eastern and Southern Africa and Kenya's export trade; Female entrepreneurs in a transitional economy; Furthering export participation in less performing developing countries; Institutional paradigm and the management of transitions; International apparel trade and developing economies in Africa

Towards best practices for micro finance institutional engagement in African rural areas Small firms' internationalization for development in Tanzania; Trademarks or trade barriers?; Income inequality and health: a multi-country analysis; Note from the publisher

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51507-4

9786610515073

1-84544-364-0

OCLC:

61392000