04025cam a2200625Ma 4500 on1303468566 OCoLC 20240716121742.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 180424s2016 nyu o 000 0 eng d 9781580465502 (OCoLC)1303468566 VHC eng VHC OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL YWS HC800.Z9 E5447 Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa edited by Bessie House-Soremekun and Toyin Falola. Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2016 �2016 1 online resource (488 p.). text txt computer c online resource cr Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 51 Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontcover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part One: Globalization and Development; 1 The Trouble with Globalization; 2 Can Africa Compete in a Global Economy?; 3 A Two-Track Strategy for Viable Development in Africa; 4 Solutions to Africa's Development Challenges; 5 Renewable Energy, Migration-Development Model, and Sustainability Entrepreneurship; Part Two: Localities, Nations, and Globalization; 6 Transborder Labor Liberalization and Social Contracts; 7 Asante Society and the Global Market; 8 Enterprising Women in Zimbabwe: Confronting Crisis in a Globalizing Era 9 Sustainable Strategies in a Postconflict Environment: Fostering Local Entrepreneurship in C�ote d'IvoirePart Three: Industrial and Financial Networking; 10 Globalization and Monetary Convergence; 11 The Impact of Globalization on Emerging Markets: The Case of C�ote d'Ivoire; 12 Globalization and Industrial Development in Nigeria; 13 Interest Rates, Fiscal Policy, and Foreign Private Investment in Nigeria; 14 Why Nigeria Does Not Work: Obstacles and the Alternative Path to Development; Part Four: Insecurity and Conflicts; 15 The Impact of Globalization on International Security 16 Resource Curse, Globalization, and Conflicts17 The Politics of Oil and Development and Visual Metaphors of the Crisis in Nigeria's Niger Delta; 18 Islam and the "Global War on Terror" in West Africa; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; Backcover This volume examines globalization within the context of sustainable economic development in Africa, with specific focus on the post-colonial period. Accessible to politicians, public policy analysts, scholars, students, international organizations, non-governmental actors, and the public, it includes case studies of creative and indigenous-based models of entrepreneurship and discusses efforts to achieve sustainable development and economic independence at the grassroots level. English. Description based on print version record. Economic policy. sustainable development. aat Economic history fast Africa Economic policy. Africa. African American studies. African studies. anthropology. culture. development. economics. globalizzation. politics. postcolonialism. society. sustainablity. Falola, Toyin, editor. House-Soremekun, Bessie, editor. has work: Globalization and sustainable development in Africa (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFPFvHmKxtwVqxfT7FjJMq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 1-58046-392-4 Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora. lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 4 OTHER HOLDINGS 1142 1142 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-07-16 0 HC800.Z9 E5447 2024-1829 2024-07-16 12:19:25 2024-07-16 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-07-16 0 HC800.Z9 E5447 2024-1830 2024-07-16 12:19:25 2024-07-16 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-07-16 0 HC800.Z9 E5447 2024-1831 2024-07-16 12:19:25 2024-07-16 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-07-16 0 HC800.Z9 E5447 2024-1832 2024-07-16 12:19:25 2024-07-16 BK