Handbook of African Development / edited by Tony Binns, Kenneth Lynch, and Etienne Nel.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
London : Taylor and Francis, 2016.
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 699 pages) : illustrations.

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Series
Routledge handbooks. [More in this series]
Summary note
The handbook presents a comprehensive 'state of the art' overview of African development - past, present and future. Over 60 leading scholars address key core themes and topics which are pertinent to the continent's development - including sections on history, health and food, politics, economics, rural and urban development and development policy and practice.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • chapter 1 Introduction / Tony Binns Etienne Nel Kenneth Lynch
  • chapter 2 African perspectives on development / Richard Vokes
  • chapter 3 The African idea of development / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
  • section 1 Introduction and context
  • chapter 4 Colonial Africa / Erik Green
  • chapter 5 Post-independence Africa 1
  • Challenges and opportunities / Tanya Lyons David Jolley
  • section 2 History
  • chapter 6 Demographic characteristics, migration and employment-seeking behaviour
  • A case study of Ghana / Joseph K. Assan Dinar D. Kharisma Afia A. Adaboh
  • chapter 7 Gender and development in Africa
  • A 50-year journey from women in development to gender justice / Hazel Barrett
  • chapter 8 Inequality in Africa / Philip Nel
  • chapter 9 Education / David Stephens
  • chapter 10 Children / Nicola Ansell
  • chapter 11 Diaspora / Ben Page Claire Mercer
  • section 3 Social perspectives
  • chapter 12 Health challenges / Kenneth Lynch
  • chapter 13 The African HIV/AIDS epidemic
  • Is the end in sight? / Hazel Barrett
  • chapter 14 Food insecurity and famine / Stephen Devereux
  • chapter 15 Access to essential medicines in Africa / Aarti Patel
  • section 4 Health
  • chapter 16 Water resources and development / Clive Agnew
  • chapter 17 Wetlands / Alan Dixon
  • chapter 18 Conservation and people / Fiona Nunan
  • chapter 19 Ecosystem services in Africa / Rebecca Kariuki Rob Marchant Simon Willcock
  • section 5 Environment
  • chapter 20 African development
  • ‘Hopeless Africa’, ‘Africa Rising’, or somewhere in between? / Tony Binns Etienne Nel
  • chapter 21 Regional integration 1 / Olivier Walther
  • chapter 22 The Millennium Development Goals / John Briggs
  • chapter 23 Africa’s natural resource corner and BRICS / Ian Taylor
  • chapter 24 Aid and debt / John Serieux
  • chapter 25 Faith in development in sub-Saharan Africa / Emma Tomalin Adriaan van Klinken
  • section 6 Development issues
  • chapter 26 Land tenure 1 / Jon D. Unruh
  • chapter 27 Deagrarianisation and depeasantisation in Africa / Deborah Fahy Bryceson
  • chapter 28 Rural development / Simon Milligan Sam Kareithi
  • chapter 29 Rural marketing in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Some current issues / Gina Porter
  • chapter 30 Rural–urban interaction and development in Africa / Kenneth Lynch
  • section 7 Rural Africa
  • chapter 31 The politics of urban management and planning in African cities / Andrea Rigon Joseph M. Macarthy Braima Koroma Alexandre Apsan Frediani
  • chapter 32 Housing in Africa / Kamna Patel
  • chapter 33 Perspectives on urban employment in Africa
  • The case of informal solid waste management in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Danny Simatele
  • chapter 34 Food security in African cities
  • Linking urban food production with good urban governance / Alec Thornton
  • chapter 35 The future and Africa’s cities / Garth Myers
  • section 8 Urban Africa
  • chapter 36 Africa’s extreme uneven development worsens during global economic turmoil / Patrick Bond
  • chapter 37 Financial sector development, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Africa * / David Fielding
  • chapter 38 Agriculture / Roy Maconachie
  • chapter 39 Mining / Roy Maconachie
  • chapter 40 Supporting the SMME economy of sub-Saharan Africa
  • A role for business incubation / Christian M. Rogerson
  • chapter 41 Africa’s tourism economy
  • Uneven progress and challenges / Christian M. Rogerson Jayne M. Rogerson
  • chapter 42 Transport 1 / Gina Porter
  • chapter 43 Land-grabbing in Africa / Simon Batterbury Frankline Ndi
  • chapter 44 The economics of and prospects for China’s Africa return / Lauren A. Johnston
  • section 9 Economic perspectives
  • chapter 45 Government
  • African development beyond ‘good governance’ / David Booth
  • chapter 46 Conflict and post-conflict / Hazel Cameron
  • chapter 47 Human rights in Africa
  • Impasse, backsliding, or forwards? / Peris Jones
  • chapter 48 The International Criminal Court in Africa / Jonathan Hobson
  • chapter 49 Corruption / Philip Nel
  • section 10 Political perspectives on Africa’s development
  • chapter 50 Conclusion
  • Looking forward / Tony Binns Etienne Nel Kenneth Lynch
  • section 11 Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 1-317-49508-X
  • 1-315-71248-2
  • 1-317-49507-1
OCLC
1032569074
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315712482
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