TY  - BOOK
AU  - Falola,Toyin
AU  - House-Soremekun,Bessie
TI  - Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa
T2  - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora,
SN  - 9781580465502
AV  - HC800.Z9 E5447 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Rochester, N.Y.
PB  - University of Rochester Press
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - aat
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Africa
KW  - African American studies
KW  - African studies
KW  - anthropology
KW  - culture
KW  - development
KW  - economics
KW  - globalizzation
KW  - politics
KW  - postcolonialism
KW  - society
KW  - sustainablity
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -