Towards a New Map of AfricaBen Wisner, Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment, Rutendo Chitiga Routledge, 23/05/2012 - 373 من الصفحات 'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' 'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how extraordinarily diverse Africa is and how much it has changed in the last 20 years.Full of fresh thinking on problems that face Africa and new African approaches to development.' This ground-breaking book, with a foreword by former President of Ireland (199-997) and UN Human Rights Commissioner (1997 2002) Mary Robinson, uniquely distils the complex issues surrounding Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. African and Western scholars provide a fascinating 'map' for the reader to navigate between issues such as urban and rural livelihoods, the potential of fresh water fishing, health, the HIV/AIDS crisis, conflict and efforts at peacemaking. Also included are critical assessments of Africa's role in the global economy, the growth of regional economic cooperation within Africa, the influence of ethnicity on the continent's politics, the evolution of its political institutions, and the impact of Africa's legal systems on its development. A substantial introductory essay by the editors measures the distance Africa has travelled and the lessons it has learned since Africa in Crisis, the classic Earthscan book, was published in 1985. Ben Wisner is visiting research fellow at DESTIN, London School of Economics and at Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London, and visiting professor of environmental studies, Oberlin College, USA. Camilla Toulmin is Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development. Rutendo Chitiga is a freelance writer and editor, and has a postgraduate degree in environment and development. |
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... Communities 103 Mounting Collective Action 105 Conclusions 107 4 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS Alex de Waal 113 Introduction 113 HIV/AIDS and its Potentially Devastating Impacts 114 Positive Anomalies 119 Avoiding the Trap 121 Conclusion ...
... communities in the least developing countries, mainly in Africa. And, in December, in Hong Kong we hope the World Trade Organization will agree a timetable for phasing out by rich country governments of subsidies on farm production and ...
... communities, even whole societies of the continued advance of HIV/ AIDS. Global support for the African Union is vital to help them check the causes of conflict, strengthen capacity for peace-keeping and bring to justice the violent ...
... communities following brutal war and calamities such as drought, flood and cyclone. New initiatives and models of urban governance and rural development exist in African countries that have failed to grab the headlines; that have ...
... Communities and their traditional leaders are taking the government to court over compulsory acquisition for which there has been no compensation, or when the acquired land has subsequently been sold by the state for commercial purposes ...