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Originally published in 1981, this book examines the progress of a
number of national efforts to move towards economic self-reliance.
It consists of case studies from Egypt, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria,
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and
Senegal. The studies are set in a framework that outlines the
historical background to African economic dependence, and they
discuss the theoretical and practical implications of that
dependence. It makes an important contribution to the study of
indigenization, bringing together a group of African specialists
writing from the inside, and articulating the continent’s
challenges with convincing authority.
Originally published in 1974, this book is a valuable contribution
to the literature about the African context of public
administration. The application of research to public
administration and the communication of research findings are
discussed in depth. All aspects of the subject are presented:
non-university based, non-academic institutes as well as
undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. The book concludes with
some non-African comparisons from Australia, France, the USA and
UK.
Originally published in 1969, this was the first standard work on
Nigerian federal finance ever published. It traces the evolution of
federal finance in Nigeria during a 20-year period from 1946 and
analyses the economic, socio-political and fiscal problems
encountered by the governments of the Federation in the course of
this development. It also examines the main features of the fiscal
system which emerged and discusses the way in which the general
principles of federal finance have had to be tailored to the
particular needs and interests of the different regions in Nigeria.
Originally published in 1968, this book is of unique value because
it provides first-hand information on Nigerian government and
administration in action during the 2nd half of the 20th Century.
Themes discussed include the evolution, organisation and structure
of the civil services; the impact of politics on administration;
interest groups; the politics of modernisation and its effect on
the Administration; inter-class and inter-departmental conflicts in
the public services; the contribution of politicians and
administrators to national economic planning and the politics and
administration of public corporations. The Nigerian experience is
also compared with that of francophone West African countries, and
the last chapter examines the future of Nigerian administration
against the background of past experience.
First Published in 1989. From his vantage point as head of the UN
Economic Commission for Africa, Professor Adedeji discusses the
development experience of Africa during the critical 1975-1986
period. The collection not only provides extensive factual material
on global and sectoral developments but also critically evaluates
the economic performance of the continent and advances ideas on
methods for and approaches to ensuring a better future.
First Published in 1989. From his vantage point as head of the UN
Economic Commission for Africa, Professor Adedeji discusses the
development experience of Africa during the critical 1975-1986
period. The collection not only provides extensive factual material
on global and sectoral developments but also critically evaluates
the economic performance of the continent and advances ideas on
methods for and approaches to ensuring a better future.
A special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the
new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major
papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference.
In this rigorous and policy-relevant book, a diverse group of
Pan-African scholars examine South Africa's post-apartheid foreign
policy, arguing that an effective foreign policy can only be built
on a strong domestic base. The authors assess key challenges of
regional leadership for South Africa, addressing traditional issues
of leadership, military and economic power, and less conventional
foreign policy concerns, such as land conflicts and HIV/AIDS. In
detailed case studies, the authors describe South Africa's role in
the development of the AU (African Union) and NEPAD (New
Partnership for Africa's Development), and the country's relations
with strategic countries in West, Southern, and North Africa, the
Great Lakes region, and the Horn of Africa.
More and more African countries are falling prey to civil war and
the disintegration of government authority and social order. Here,
for the first time, teams of African scholars based in those
countries principally affected examine what is happening. Their
findings are only the first step in an ongoing, policy-relevant
process of investigation and action. They share a belief that a
development agenda designed to improve the lives of the people and
strengthen national economies cannot be effectively pursued until
the continent masters its problems of governance. The first aim of
these scholars has been to understand the complex and diverse roots
of the conflicts. To this end, they analyse a cross-section of such
conflicts from various countries -- Angola, Burundi and Rwanda,
Liberia and Sierra Leone, Somalia and Somaliland. They also reflect
more generally on the obstacles to comprehending conflict in
Africa. Possible ways of anticipating, containing and indeed
preventing new conflicts are discussed. The experience of
successful transitions to peace are investigated in a number of
cases, including Northern Mali and Nigeria after its civil war of
1967-70, as are issues such as the part played by NGOs in Rwanda
and the role of regional and international cooperation. There is
also much discussion of what new research is needed and proposals
for mastering conflict in future. These range over a wide diversity
of measures, including, for example, ideas like a moratorium on the
importation of arms, trans-frontier development projects, political
reform that creates real space for effective participation by
different social groups, and governmental decentralisation. This
volume, which is ACDESS's first output under this research
programme, represents a significant contribution by African
intellectuals to resolving the most intractable problems
confronting Sub-Saharan Africa. Its appearance could not be more
timely.
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