Prospects for recovery and sustainable development in Africa

Author(s)

• Yansané, Aguibou Y.

Bibliographic Information

Prospects for recovery and sustainable development in Africa

edited by Aguibou Y. Yansané

（Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 169）

Greenwood Press, 1996

Note

Bibliography: p. [323]-339

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA28484905
• ISBN:
  • 0313289956
• LCCN: 93049712
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 363 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 332.4
  • LCC : HC800.Z9
  • DC20 : 338.96
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sustainable development -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Africa -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00109626