UID:
almahu_9949385540602882
Format:
1 online resource (xxx, 301 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003153467
,
1003153461
,
9781000582048
,
1000582043
,
1000582035
,
9781000582031
Series Statement:
New regionalisms series
Content:
"The book examines the failures and some of the successes of Africa in its efforts to transform into a society where human security or development in the broadest sense is achieved. It is argued the African continent had, and will continue, to content with disruptions or change on its path to development. Development policy making in this regard, is an art of setting out strategies to build resilience and take advantage of disruptions or change in whatever format: political, economic, health, diplomatic, demographic or even environmental and climatic. The book discusses nine major disruptions in Africa's socio-economic life and the limits imposed by the rhetoric in development policy: exclusion and social inequality, environmental degradation and climate change, natural resources and poor beneficiation, trade and aid, food insecurity, demography and migration, pandemics and disease burden, conflict and criminality, and technology and innovation. The book is intended for intermediate students in African studies, Area Studies, Development Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, and Comparative Politics. In addition will be development practitioners working in developing countries, the UN system, multilateral development banks, donor agencies, and regional economic communities in Africa"--
Note:
Development as disruptions -- a reconstruction of the theory and practice -- Social discontent as search for development: from colonialism to independence -- Natural resources, climate change and poor beneficiation -- the potential for a curse -- Trade versus aid: economics, politics, and dilemmas in development cooperation -- Food insecurity and agricultural stagnation -- Demography and migration -- seeking out the dividends -- Pandemics and diseases as forces of dislocation -- a post-COVID-19 view -- Conflict, drugs and criminal upheavals in African development -- Innovation, AI and technology as handmaiden of development.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Kararach, George. Disruptions and rhetoric in African development policy Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367721046
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003153467
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003153467
