African Political Economy: Contemporary Issues in DevelopmentM.E. Sharpe, 1997 - 230 من الصفحات From an interdisciplinary political economy perspective, delineates the main components of Africa's rapid decline in the 1970s and 1980s, and identifies the challenges of policy reform and change in the near future. Among the factors found contributing to the continent's poverty are a weakening balance of payments, declining agricultural productivity and foreign investment, deterioration of the physical infrastructure and environment, escalating unemployment and crime, famine and malnutrition, and socioeconomic inequality. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... activities sectors . By 2025 , 56 percent of the African labor force engaged in formal - sector employment will be in the manu- facturing and services sectors ( United Nations 1988 ) . One element of employment creation , which is ...
... activities sectors . By 2025 , 56 percent of the African labor force engaged in formal - sector employment will be in the manu- facturing and services sectors ( United Nations 1988 ) . One element of employment creation , which is ...
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... activities in response to the problems of survival associated with rapid urbanization and unemploy- ment in the developing countries . However , as this chapter makes clear , it is not now a set of survival activities performed by ...
... activities in response to the problems of survival associated with rapid urbanization and unemploy- ment in the developing countries . However , as this chapter makes clear , it is not now a set of survival activities performed by ...
الصفحة 58
... activities . It is a process of income generation characterized by the single feature of being unregulated by the institu- tions of society in an environment in which comparable activities are regulated . The activities of the ...
... activities . It is a process of income generation characterized by the single feature of being unregulated by the institu- tions of society in an environment in which comparable activities are regulated . The activities of the ...
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An Analytical Perspective | 3 |
Growth Unemployment and Poverty in Botswana | 16 |
Urbanization and Urban Management in Africa | 30 |
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50 percent activities administrative African countries African governments agricultural average basic Botswana 1991a bureaucratic corruption capacity capital civil service Consequently contribute corruption in Africa costs Côte d'Ivoire crisis in Africa debt decentralization decline devel developing countries development management development policy donor economic crisis effective employment example expenditure exports factors formal economy framework Gaborone Ghana government of Botswana growth rates households impact implementation improve income increase inflation institutions investment Kenya labor large numbers Lesotho levels major Malawi ment migration million Moreover Mozambique Nigeria nomic participation period policy reform political poor poverty problems productivity programs promotion public officials public sector public service rapid urbanization ratio reduce region Republic of Botswana result revenues role ROSCAS rural areas SADC SAPs social socioeconomic South Africa sub-Saharan Africa subterranean economy subterranean sector Tanzania tion UNDP urban areas urbanization in Africa World Bank 1993a Zambia Zimbabwe