Disruptions and Rhetoric in African Development Policy

George Auma Kararach

ISBN 10: 0367721058 / ISBN 13: 9780367721053

Published by Routledge, 2024

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Disruptions and Rhetoric in African Development Policy | George Auma Kararach | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9780367721053 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disruptions and Rhetoric in African Development Policy
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367721058
• ISBN 13: 9780367721053
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 18D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 506 grams
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Synopsis

The book examines the failures and some of the successes of Africa in its efforts to transform into a society where human security or development in the broadest sense is achieved.

It is argued the African continent had, and will continue, to content with disruptions or change on its path to development. Development policy making in this regard, is an art of setting out strategies to build resilience and take advantage of disruptions or change in whatever format: political, economic, health, diplomatic, demographic or even environmental and climatic. The book discusses nine major disruptions in Africa’s socio-economic life and the limits imposed by the rhetoric in development policy: exclusion and social inequality, environmental degradation and climate change, natural resources and poor beneficiation, trade and aid, food insecurity, demography and migration, pandemics and disease burden, conflict and criminality and technology and innovation.

The book is intended for intermediate students in African studies, Area Studies, Development Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy and Comparative Politics. In addition will be development practitioners working in developing countries, the UN system, multilateral development banks, donor agencies and regional economic communities in Africa.

About the Author

George Kararach is a Lead Economist for the African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Iviore, Visiting Professor at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and a Non-Resident Fellow, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines, Illinois, USA and until recently Senior Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).