African Economic Development /
Langdon, Steven,
African Economic Development / Steven Langdon, Archibald R. M. Ritter and Yiagadeesen Samy. - xiv, 596 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.
9781138915008 (hardback) 9781138915015 (pbk.) 9781315690506 (ebook)
Economic development--Africa--21st century.
Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.
Africa--Foreign economic relations.
338.96 / LAN
African Economic Development / Steven Langdon, Archibald R. M. Ritter and Yiagadeesen Samy. - xiv, 596 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.
9781138915008 (hardback) 9781138915015 (pbk.) 9781315690506 (ebook)
Economic development--Africa--21st century.
Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.
Africa--Foreign economic relations.
338.96 / LAN