Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 463 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 |
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Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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Contents |
Part one: Globalization and development: The trouble with globalization: it isn't global enough! / Martin C. Spechler -- Can Africa compete in a global economy? / Baiyee-Mbi Agbor-Baiyee -- A two-track strategy for viable development in Africa / Benaiah Yongo-Bure -- Solutions to Africa's development challenges / Stephen D. Kpinpuo -- Renewable energy, migration-development model, and sustainability entrepreneurship / Rubin Patterson -- Part two: Localities, nations, and globalization: Transborder labor liberalization and social contracts / Karen E. Bravo -- Asante society and the global market / Gracia Clark -- Enterprising women in Zimbabwe: confronting crisis in a globalizing era / Mary J. Osirim -- Sustainable strategies in a postconflict environment: fostering local entrepreneurship in Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter -- Part three: Industrial and financial networking: Globalization and monetary convergence: independent currency union or dollarization? / Christopher E.S. Warburton -- The impact of globalization on emerging markets: the case of Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter -- Globalization and industrial development in Nigeria / Kola Subair -- Interest rates, fiscal policy, and foreign private investment in Nigeria / Iyiola Alade Ajayi and Adeyemi Babalola -- Why Nigeria does not work: obstacles and the alternative path to development / Charles J. Mambula -- Part four: Insecurity and conflicts: The impact of globalization on international security / John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo -- Resource curse, globalization, and conflicts / Ricardo Real Pedrosa de Sousa -- The politics of oil and development and visual metaphors of the crisis in Nigeria's Niger delta / Aderonke Adesola Adesanya -- Islam and the "global war on terror" in West Africa / Abdoulaye Saine |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sustainable development -- Africa
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Globalization -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Globalization
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Sustainable development
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SUBJECT |
Africa -- Economic policy
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001552
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Subject |
Africa
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
House-Soremekun, Bessie, 1956- editor.
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Falola, Toyin, editor
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ISBN |
9781580467384 |
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1580467385 |
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9781782045755 |
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1782045759 |
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