Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction and book overview / Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang and Kwamina Panford -- 2. 21st century African development : crises and challenges. An overview / Kwamina Panford and Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang -- 3. Rethinking the African state : a new conceptualization on sub-Saharan Africa / Smile Dube and Calvin O. Masilela -- 4. Left in the ditch : Africa and the dialectics of globalization / Kwame A. Ninsin -- 5. The transition from the organization of African unity to the The African Union / Kwamina Panford -- 6. The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) : achievements, problems and prospects for Africa's development in the 21st century / Joseph Mensah and Richard Aidoo -- 7. Conflict timber, conflict diamonds : parallels in the political ecology of 19th and 20th century resource exploitation in Sierra Leone / Fenda A. Akiwumi -- 8. Ensuring food security in sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st century : a potential role for climate forecasts / Abigail Amissah-Arthur -- 9. The political ecology of land degradation in Ethiopia / Tadesse Kidane-Mariam and Delphis F. Levia, Jr. -- 10. Economic/political convenience and unprecedented deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa : development lessons from Ghana's structural adjustment program / J. Henry Owusu -- 11. Land reforms and land redistribution in Zimbabwe : a 'tragedy of the commons'? / Smile Dube and Calvin O. Masilela -- 12. Indigenous knowledge and environmental management in Africa : evidence from Ghana / Seth Appiah-Opoku -- 13. Stealing from the poor : securing integrity in African public service in the 21st century / Gerald Acquaah-Gaisie -- 14. The military and Nigerian political economy in the global system / Olayiwola Abegunrin -- 15. South Africa's successful constitutional transformation meets the challenge of implementation : equality and the accommodation of population diversity / Kristin Henrard.

16. Transportation as a factor in the socio-economic development of Ghana / Sesime Adanu -- 17. Gender disparities in African education : some socio-economic implications for Africa's development in the 21st century / Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang and Judith Shabaya -- 18. The politics and apolitics of development : the case of a development project in Northern Ghana / Karl Botchway -- 19. Currency devaluation and poverty in Mauritania / Mohameden Ould-Mey -- 20. Changing urban development : Africa's opportunities and challenges in a global economy at the dawn of the 21st century / Richard Grant -- 21. Africa's participation in the revolution in information and communications technology : opportunity for economic development or deprivation? / Peter A. Kwaku Kyem and Olivia Kyem -- 22. Making change : reinventing Africa for the 21st century / Kwamina Panford and Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang.

Provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the continent's development opportunities and challenges in the 21st century.

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