Globalization and sustainable development in Africa
By: edited by Bessie House-Soremekun and Toyin Falola
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 51; Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 51.
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781580463928
Subjects: Economic policy; Globalization; Economic conditions; Sustainable development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Globalization and development: The trouble with globalization: it isn't global enough! / Martin C. Spechler; title: Can Africa compete in a global economy? / Baiyee-Mbi Agbor-Baiyee; title: A two-track strategy for viable development in Africa / Benaiah Yongo-Bure; title: Solutions to Africa's development challenges / Stephen D. Kpinpuo; title: Renewable energy, migration-development model, and sustainability entrepreneurship / Rubin Patterson; title: Part two: Localities, nations, and globalization:  Transborder labor liberalization and social contracts / Karen E. Bravo; title: Asante society and the global market / Gracia Clark; title: Enterprising women in Zimbabwe: confronting crisis in a globalizing era / Mary J. Osirim; title: Sustainable strategies in a postconflict environment: fostering local entrepreneurship in Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter; title: Part three: Industrial and financial networking: Globalization and monetary convergence: independent currency union or dollarization? / Christopher E. S. Warburton; title: The impact of globalization on emerging markets: the case of Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter; title: Globalization and industrial development in Nigeria / Kola Subair; title: Interest rates, fiscal policy, and foreign private investment in Nigeria / Iyiola Alade Ajayi and Adeyemi Babalola; title: Why Nigeria does not work: obstacles and the alternative path to development / Charles J. Mambula; title: Part four: Insecurity and conflicts: The impact of globalization on international security / John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo; title: Resource curse, globalization, and conflicts / Ricardo Real Pedrosa de Sousa; title: The politics of oil and development and visual metaphors of the crisis in Nigeria's Niger delta / Aderonke Adesola Adesanya; title: Islam and the "global war on terror" in West Africa / Abdoulaye Saine.