TY - BOOK AU - Konadu-Agyemang,Kwadwo AU - Panford,Martin Kwamina TI - Africa's development in the twenty-first century: pertinent socio-economic and development issues T2 - Voices in development management SN - 9780754644781 AV - HC800 .A8 PY - 2006/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Economic development KW - Social aspects KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Soziale Situation KW - gnd KW - Wirtschaftliche Lage KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung KW - Wirtschaft KW - Entwicklung KW - Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling KW - gtt KW - Ontwikkelingseconomie KW - economic and social development KW - ilot KW - political development KW - regional development KW - development policy KW - globalization KW - economic integration KW - ECOWAS KW - food security KW - land reform KW - poverty KW - gender and development KW - nli KW - Africa KW - d�eveloppement �economique et social KW - tbit KW - d�eveloppement politique KW - d�eveloppement r�egional KW - politique de d�eveloppement KW - mondialisation KW - int�egration �economique KW - CEDEAO KW - s�ecurit�e alimentaire KW - r�eforme fonci�ere KW - pauvret�e KW - genre et d�eveloppement KW - desarrollo econ�omico y social KW - toit KW - desarrollo pol�itico KW - desarrollo regional KW - pol�itica de desarrollo KW - globalizaci�on KW - integraci�on econ�omica KW - CEEAO KW - seguridad alimentaria KW - reforma de la tenencia de la tierra KW - pobreza KW - g�enero y desarrollo KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Afrique KW - Conditions �economiques KW - 21e si�ecle KW - Conditions sociales KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Afrika KW - 1960- KW - Aufsatzsammlung N1 - 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 N2 - Provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the continent's development opportunities and challenges in the 21st century UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2006924397.html UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014719911&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -