Prospects for Recovery and Sustainable Development in Africa

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Edited by Aguibou Y. Yansané

ISBN: 0-313-28995-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28995-8

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384 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 4/30/1996

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies

Series Number: 169

Description: Nine world-class experts on the African economy share their knowledge regarding the potential for real improvement and growth in food production and the development of grassroots economies that will benefit citizens as well as governments. Economic models that assume good incentives, infrastructure, entrepreneurial skills, and a level trading field cannot be invoked. Structural adjustment in African countries has led to unintended consequences because the common people and the small farmers have not been consulted. Domestic food production, the crux of Africa's economic problem, has been downgraded because of the emphasis on export crops. To develop self-sufficiency and food security, African nations must mobilize domestic resources, improve the human resource capacity, and strengthen their scientific and technological bases. They must also cooperate in integration schemes rather than compete for the available Western aid.

Table of Contents:

Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction: Are Alternative Development Strategies Suitable for Africa to Remedy Its Deepening Crisis? by A. Y. Yansané
International Institutions Experts' Views
Prospects for Africa's Economic Recovery and Development by Michel Doo Kingué
National Capacity Building and Long Term Development: The Role of Technical Cooperation in Africa by Stephen Adei
Comments of Discussants
Responses to and Impact of the Crisis of Development in Africa: Regional and Sectoral Perspectives
Extent of the Crisis and Structural Adjustment in Côte D'Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea: Implications for One Another by A. Y. Yansané
Nigeria: Priorities and Prospects for the 1990s by Chukwuma F. Obidegwu
The Effects of Adjustment Measures on Nigerian Labor by Tayo Fashoyin
Global Formulae, Local Responses, Rural Economic Differentiation in Ghana by Gwendolyn Mikell
Macro-Modeling Aspects of Adjustment Policy Planning by Charles N'Cho-Oguie
Comments of Discussants
Reformulation of Models
An Alternative Framework for Adjustment with Transformation and Major Policy Directions and Policy Instruments by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Toward an Alternative Development Strategy by Ann Seidman
The World Bank versus the Economic Commission of Africa: Is this Really a Conflict as to Development Strategy? by Robert S. Browne
Comments of Discussants
Writers' Views of Development in Africa
Is Development a Purely Empirical Concept or Also Teleological: A Perspective from We the Underdeveloped by Sylvia Wynter
Comments of Discussants
Conclusion by A.Y. Yansané
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 93-49712

LCC Class: HC800

Dewey Class: 338.96


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