Contemporary regional development in Africa

Author(s)

• Hanson, Kobena T. (Kobena Tsetse)

Bibliographic Information

Contemporary regional development in Africa

edited by Kobena T. Hanson

（The international political economy of new regionalisms series）

Ashgate, c2015

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contemporary Regional Development in Africa interrogates well-known concerns in the areas of regionalism and economic integration in contemporary Africa, while offering an added uniqueness by highlighting the capacity imperatives of the issues, and proposing critical policy guideposts. The volume juxtaposes a set of 'dynamic' entanglements - new and micro-regionalism, informal cross-border trade, intra-African and African FDI plus cross-border investments, infrastructure development, science and technology, regional value-chains, conflict management and regional security - with fluid interpretations of regional development. The chapters provide snapshots of the several emerging and complex regionalisms and highlight a set of relevant and often overlapping analyses - drawing on authors' nuanced and granular understanding of the African landscape. The varied, yet interlinked, nature of issues covered in this study make the book valuable and attractive to academics, researchers, policymakers and development practitioners.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Contemporary Regional Development in Africa, Kobena T.Hanson, Vanessa T.Tang
• Chapter 2 Regionalism, Globalization and Economic Integration in Africa, Korbla P.Puplampu
• Chapter 3 "New" Regionalisms in Africa, PeterArthur
• Chapter 4 Micro-regionalisms in Africa, JonUnruh
• Chapter 5 The Impact of Informal Cross-border Trade on Regionalism and Poverty Reduction in West Africa, BarassouDiawara, Kwabena AgyeiBoakye
• Chapter 6 Enhancing Regionalism for Intra-African and African Inward Foreign Direct Investment, Abbi M.Kedir
• Chapter 7 Infrastructure and Capacity Development as a Catalyst for Regionalism and Economic Integration in Africa, Kobena T.Hanson, FrancisOwusu, Korbla P.Puplampu
• Chapter 8 Innovation, Science and Technology, Joseph R.Oppong
• Chapter 9 Regional Value Chains and Productivity Enhancement in Africa, William G.Moseley
• Chapter 10 The Boko Haram Insurgency and the Changing Patterns of Regional Security Arrangements in Africa, OlawaleIsmail
• afterword Afterword"African Agency" to Maximize the Continent's Policy Choices after a Decade of the BRICS, Timothy M.Shaw

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Details

• NCID: BB19139084
• ISBN:
  • 9781472451439
• LCCN: 2014047137
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Farnham
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 234 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JQ1873.5.R43
  • DC23 : 337.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Regionalism -- Economic aspects -- Africa
  • LCSH : Africa -- Economic integration
  • LCSH : Africa -- Economic conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52941967