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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... increasing. During the first six weeks of 2004 alone, the WHO registered epidemic outbreaks of cholera in Burundi, Cameroon, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia (WHO, 2004). The most dramatic threat to international efforts to ...
... of progress towards this education goal shows little advance during the first three years (2000–03), with only a 'slight increase' in sub-Saharan Africa (UN, 2004). The report notes that there are a 14 Towards a New Map ofAfrica.
... increase in the flow of commodities such as diamonds and ivory through illegal channels. Lack of effective government has also led to international plundering of ocean fishery resources within the territorial waters of Somalia, where ...
... increasing access to health care or education. Is it reasonable to expect that the same national governments that in ... increase Official DevelopmentAssistance by US$16,000 million ayear by 2006. Even ifthese commitments were to be met ...