Table of Contents

Part 1 Development Problems and Issues; Chapter 1 The Economic Crisis in Africa: An Analytical Perspective on Its Origins and Nature; Chapter 2 Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Botswana; Chapter 3 Urbanization and Urban Management in Africa; Chapter 4 The Subterranean Economy in Developing Societies: The Evidence from Africa; Chapter 5 The Socioeconomic Context of AIDS in Africa; Chapter 6 Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa: Causes and Consequences; Part II Toward Policy Reform and Change; Chapter 7 Development Policy and the Poor: Toward an Alternative Policy Framework for Africa; Chapter 8 Structural Adjustment Programmes as Policy Reform: An Assessment of Their Objectives and Impact in the SADC Countries; Chapter 9 Managing Development Policy in Botswana: Implementing Reforms for Rapid Change; Chapter 10 Controlling Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa; Chapter 11 Decentralization, the New Public Administration, and the Changing Role of the Public Sector in Africa; Chapter 12 The Challenge of Policy Reform and Change in Africa;