Africa's Development In The 21st Century

Africa's Development In The 21st Century

by Fantu Cheru
Africa's Development In The 21st Century

Africa's Development In The 21st Century

by Fantu Cheru

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Overview

As Africa enters the 21st century, it faces mounting challenges as well as new opportunities. Unlike in the 1980s and the 1990s, however, the conditions for Africa's sustained growth and development are more favourable today than ever before. As a result of economic reforms the overall growth has been in excess of 4.5 percent annually since the mid 1990s. There is greater consensus among Africans now than at any previous time on what needs to be done to accelerate growth, reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. The positive response of Africa's international partners enhances the prospects for sustaining the progress. Africa is also benefiting from a commodity boom and increased investment in infrastructure and the extractive industry sector. But many questions remain unanswered. The most pressing question is how Africa can best benefit from the rise of the Asian giants, China and India. FANTU CHERU, Professor (Emeriti) of African and Development Studies, and Research Director at the Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789171066282
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute, The
Publication date: 10/15/2008
Series: NAI Current African Issues Series , #41
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 0.10(w) x 9.61(h) x 6.69(d)

About the Author

Fantu Cheru is Professor (Emeriti) of African and Development Studies, and Research Director at the Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

The strategic challenge: Overcoming embedded dysfunction 6

1 Rural poverty, food insecurity an the struggle for resources 9

The changing role of agriculture 9

What are the constraints to agricultural productivity in Africa 10

Transforming African agriculture: The way forward 13

2 The urban challenge in Africa 15

Introduction 15

Key Dimensions of the Urban Crisis in Africa 15

Conclusion 21

3 Conflict prevention and post-conflict transformation 23

Introduction 23

Understanding the roots of African conflicts 24

International response to African conflict after 1989 25

After the Rwandan genocide: The international community and post-conflict reconstruction 26

The role of the African Union in conflict prevention 27

Conclusion 28

4 Africa and the World Trading System: The challenge of 'rebalancing' the 'unbalanced rules' 29

Africa and the World Trading System: 29

Life at the end of the road: Doha is dead! 31

Africa and The European Union: From the Lome Convention to the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) 33

Conclusion 35

5 Roadmaps to Africa's Renewal: Global and local dimensions 36

A roadmap for Africa's development 37

Bibliography 40

List of Tables

1 The scale and nature of rural poverty in Africa 10

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