Capacity building in developing countries : human and environmental dimensions / edited by Valentine Udoh James.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Valentine Udoh, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Medical policy--Developing countries.

Medical policy.

Environmental policy--Developing countries.

Environmental policy.

Developing countries--Social policy.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that building the educational, industrial and economic capacities of societies, while fostering indigenous talents and skills, allows developing nations to direct their destinies through their own policies and collaborative efforts.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Building the Capacities of Developing Nations through Empowerment; 2 Ethnicity in the Politics of a Nation; 3 The State and Interplay of Gender and Class on the Emergence of Women as Political Leaders in Developing Countries; 4 The Difficulty of Consensus Building in Developing Countries The African Dilemma; 5 Democratization and the Grass Roots The Case of the Jomoro District Assembly; 6 Economic Theory and the Growth Ethic; 7 A Reassessment of the Impact of Structural Adjustment in Ghana

8 Pineapple Production Labor and Marketing Relations in the Periurban Economy of Accra Ghana9 Maintaining the African Wealth A Natural and Human Resource Sustainability Issue; 10 Modernizing Influences and Traditional Villages in Sarawak; 11 Exceptional Kerala Efficient and Sustainable Human Behavior; 12 Measuring Development Policy Organizational Effectiveness in Third World Countries; 13 Communications and Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development in Africa; 14 The Role of Indigenous Education in Development The Tanzanian Case

15 The Role of Food Self Sufficiency in Sustainable Development in Africa in Readiness for the Twenty First Century16 Management Capacity Building A Strategic Imperative for African Development in the Twenty First Century; 17 Manpower Development in Nigeria A Research Note on the University; 18 Rural Population and Economic Development in Africa An Analysis of Some Policy Issues; References; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index.

ISBN:

9781567508048

1567508049

OCLC:

475995185