| Abstract: | The African economy suffers from poverty, inequality and low industrial growth, which hinder economic prosperity. There is an urgent need for African development. Against this background, the present collective volume highlights the improvement in the overall economic conditions of African people through different dimensions of development: economic, political, human, science and technology, resources and the environment. The chapters are arranged in two sections: Introduction, which presents issues and challenges required for African development, and Experiences, highlighting development experiences in different African States. 1. Africa: towards achieving development (Subir Ghosh) - Trends of development in African nations: a nutshell view (Asis Kumar Pain and Subhankar Dutta) - The political economy of globalization and possibilities for regional economic development in Africa (Kunle Ajayi) - Democratic governance and development in Africa: challenges of African Union (AU) (Emome Ezekiel Eregha) - Migration and remittances: poverty reduction and socio-economic development in Africa (V.V. Ramani and Sumathi Nukala). 2. Indigenous knowledge in conservation of forestry and land resources in Musana communal areas, Bindura (Zimbabwe) (Robert Maponga and Jones Muzirambi) - Health inequities, environmental insecurity and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa: the case study of Zambia (Stella C.E. Anyangwe, Chipayeni Mtonga and Ben Chirwa) - Information technology and the gender digital divide in Africa: the case of Ethiopia (Wondwosen Teshome B. and Mag Jerusalem Negash W.) - The role of ICT in the economic development of Africa: the case of South Africa (Kehbuma Langmia) - Commercial bank lending rates and the real sector of the Nigerian economy (Tokunbo Simbowale Osinubi and Akin-Olusoji Akinyele) - Enhanced trade integration with Europe: new prospects of growth and development for Libya? (Rolf Bergs). [ASC Leiden abstract] |
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