Langdon, Steven creator author. Ritter, Archibald R. M. author. Samy, Yiagadeesen author. text nyu New York Routledge c2018 2018 monographic eng

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xiv, 596 pages ; 25 cm. Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration. by Steven Langdon, Archibald R. M. Ritter and Yiagadeesen Samy. Includes index. Economic development Africa 21st century Africa Economic conditions 21st century Africa Foreign economic relations HC800 .L3637 2018 AFR 338.96 Lan 2018 9781138915015 (pbk) : 9781138915015 (pbk.) 9781315690506 (ebook) 2017037298 IEN/DLC 191115 20250509135235.0 19866357 eng