Africa in Transformation Economic Development in the Age of Doubt /

• Main Author: Lopes, Carlos (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political science.; Africa-Politics and government.; Economic policy.; Economic development.; Political economy.; Development economics.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; African Politics.; Development Policy.; Development and Post-Colonialism.; International Political Economy.; Development Economics.

"Lopes brings his rigour, insight, and experience to this timely new book, presenting a compelling rethink of traditional development models in Africa and the need to seize on transformational change to build a sustainable future for the continent." -Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secre...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Reflecting on Africa's Contemporary Dynamics
• Chapter 2: Changing Politics
• Chapter 3: Respecting Diversity
• Chapter 4: Understanding Policy Space
• Chapter 5: Structural Transformation through Industrialisation
• Chapter 6: Increasing Agricultural Productivity
• Chapter 7: Revisiting the Social Contract
• Chapter 8: Adjusting to Climate Change
• Chapter 9: Inserting Agency in the Relations with China
• Chapter 10: Conclusions.