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245 0 0 _aGlobalization and Sustainable Development in Africa
_cedited by Bessie House-Soremekun and Toyin Falola.
264 1 _aRochester, N.Y. :
_bUniversity of Rochester Press,
_c2016
264 4 _c�2016
300 _a1 online resource (488 p.).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora,
_x1092-5228 ;
_v51
500 _aDescription based upon print version of record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aFrontcover; 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
505 8 _a9 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
505 8 _a16 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
520 _aThis 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.
546 _aEnglish.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aEconomic policy.
650 7 _asustainable development.
_2aat
650 7 _aEconomic history
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651 0 _aAfrica
_xEconomic policy.
653 _aAfrica.
653 _aAfrican American studies.
653 _aAfrican studies.
653 _aanthropology.
653 _aculture.
653 _adevelopment.
653 _aeconomics.
653 _aglobalizzation.
653 _apolitics.
653 _apostcolonialism.
653 _asociety.
653 _asustainablity.
700 1 _aFalola, Toyin,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aHouse-Soremekun, Bessie,
_eeditor.
758 _ihas work:
_aGlobalization and sustainable development in Africa (Text)
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830 0 _aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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