Год выпуска: 2005 Издательство: Страниц: 328 ISBN: 1592212360
Описание
Using a variety of tools from various disciplines, Sustainable Development in Africa examines factors limiting sustainable development in Africa and recommends: ?? a more holistic approach to our understanding of the development problems in Africa; ?? legitimizing the African state and empowering the citizens as the main agents of sustainable development; ?? replacing the exploitative postcolonial state structure with limited and non-opportunistic governments and economic systems in which individual rights are guaranteed based on public choice; ?? using new principles of democratic constitution-making to build new foundations for governance; ?? resolving the urban crises that is central to African economic recovery by bringing about changes needed to make the city healthier, more productive, equitable, and better able to meet people's needs; ?? repositioning regional economic groupings in Africa as a practical...