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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 09_578_Ch01.indd.ps; Chapter 1. Selected Development Theories: Some Post-World War II Theoretical Contests; Chapter 2. The Alternative Development Theory: The Participatory Social Learning Development Theory and Model for Africa; Chapter 3. The Institutional Imperative: Its Condition in Africa and Implications for Development; Chapter 4. The Human Resource Imperative; Chapter 5. The Resource Imperative: Natural and Man-enhanced Resources for Development; Chapter 6. The Technology Imperative |
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Chapter 7. The Investment Capital ImperativeChapter 8. Putting Together the Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Paradigm and the Five Development Imperatives in Practice: Case Studies; Chapter 9. African Women: The Continent's Undervalued and Overworked Development Assets; Chapter 10. Looking Ahead: Some After Thoughts; References; Index |
| Summary |
Sorting Africa's Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Theory as an Alternative Approach is a comprehensive exploration of why Africa has not managed to achieve a sustainable and self-regenerating development over the past half-century of effort. The work situates the problems of Africa's persistent underdevelopment in the practices employed by national political elites, donors, and lenders to African development that played roles in determinant policy and planning. Unlike many newly developed countries and regions, and contrary to the historical experiences of developed count |
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Print version record |
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Economic development -- Africa
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Economic development -- Sociological aspects.
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Economic development.
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Economic development -- Sociological aspects.
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Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780761849087 |
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0761849084 |
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1282561774 |
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9781282561779 |
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