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Africa in transformation : economic development in the age of doubt / Carlos Lopes.
Lippincott Library HC800 .L668 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lopes, Carlos, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Africa.
- Economic development.
- Africa--Economic conditions.
- Africa.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 164 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Lopes delivers an overview of the critical development issues facing the African continent today. He offers readers a blueprint of policies to address issues, and an intense, heartfelt meditation on the meaning of economic development in the age of democratic doubts, identity crises, global fears and threatening issues of sustainability"-- Page [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: reflecting on Africa's contemporary dynamics
- Changing politics
- Respecting diversity
- Understanding policy space
- Structural transformation through industrialisation
- Increasing agricultural productivity
- Revisiting the social contract
- Adjusting to climate change
- Inserting agency in the relations with China
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3030012905
- 9783030012908
- OCLC:
- 1050362371
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