Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Performance and Prospects

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ISBN: 9780415252188 | 0415252180
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Copyright: 12/14/2001

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This collection reviews the debates and brings together specialist contributions to provide a clear guide to the major complexities of African development. The lay the foundation for designing a range of individual country-specific policy-sets, in which the strategic components are prioritized according to each country's constrains and opportunities.

List of figures

viii

List of tables

List of contributors

xii

Ian Livingstone -- a tribute

xiv

Preface

Acknowledgements

xvii

PART I Reviewing development in sub-Saharan Africa

(260)

Development in sub-Saharan Africa: progress and problems

(36)

PART II Conflict and power

(2)

Conflict prevention and conflict resolution: interventions and results

(16)

Oliver Furley

The economics and political economy of conflict in sub-Saharan Africa

(26)

Christopher Cramer

Planning for post-conflict rehabilitation

(20)

Reginald Herbold Green

PART III Agriculture and the rural sector

(2)

Smallholder farming in Africa: stasis and dynamics

101

(20)

Steve Wiggins

The intensification of small-scale livestock enterprises: progress and prospects

121

(14)

Martin Upton

Development and change in Sahelian dryland agriculture

135

(18)

Michael Mortimore

Paying for agricultural research and extension

153

(13)

Stephen Akroyd

Alex Duncan

New institutional economics, agricultural parastatals and marketing policy

166

(10)

Jonathan Kydd

Andrew Dorward

Colin Poulton

Agricultural marketing in Africa since Berg and Bates: results of liberalisation

176

(15)

Paul Mosley

The dimensions of food aid in sub-Saharan Africa: policy lessons

191

(24)

John Shaw

Rural poverty reduction in Africa: strategic options in rural development

215

(15)

Deryke Belshaw

The role of non-governmental organisations in African development: critical issues

230

(18)

Tina Wallace

Prospects for rural labour force absorption through rural industry

248

(13)

Ian Livingstone

PART IV Industry and the urban sector

261

(76)

An overview of manufacturing development in sub-Saharan Africa

263

(22)

Michael Tribe

Could import protection drive manufacturing exports in Africa?

285

(12)

John Thoburn

Stimulating economic recovery through private sector development

297

(12)

T.W. Oshikoya

K. Mlambo

Economic growth, wellbeing and governance in Africa's urban sector

309

(19)

Carole Rakodi

Information needs for urban policy making in Africa

328

(9)

Anthony O'Connor

PART V International trade and transport constraints

337

(72)

Trade policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa: implementation and outcomes in the 1990s

339

(15)

Oliver Morrissey

The non-recovery of agricultural tradables and its consequences for rural poverty

354

(18)

Peter Lawrence

Deryke Belshaw

Disadvantaged economies: Africa's landlocked countries

372

(17)

Ian Livingstone

Creating a sustainable regional framework for development: the Southern African Development Community

389

(20)

Carolyn Jenkins

Lynne Thomas

PART VI Gender, health and education

409

(46)

Gender and development: policy issues in the context of globalisation

411

(15)

Marjorie Mbilinyi

Health and sickness: towards health systems that meet the needs of the poor

426

(15)

Gerald Bloom

Henry Lucas

Rosalind Goodrich

Achieving schooling for all: is gender a constraint or an opportunity?

441

(14)

Christopher Colclough

PART VII Final observations

455

(10)

Final observations on strategy and policy reform

457

(8)

Index

465

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Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Performance and Prospects

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