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Column : Literature
Release/publication date : August 2002
Published on : 09/08/2002

TITLE: African Renaissance - Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization
AUTHOR: Fantu Cheru, American University, Washington
ISBN/PRICE: 1 84277 086 1 hbk GBP45.00/US$69.95 1 84277 087 X pbk GBP14.95/US$25.00
FEATURES: Boxes Tables Notes Bibliography List Index 272 pp
LIBRARY CATEGORIES: African Studies Development
KEY POINTS
+ An analysis of Africa's political, economic and social options, by one of Africa's leading scholars
+ Goes beyond critique to provide practical pointers to what needs to be done
ABOUT THE BOOK
How can African countries escape from marginalization, deepening impoverishment and state disintegration in the new era of globalization? Fantu Cheru draws on his experience of many different countries to argue for a way beyond the simple state- led versus market-driven approaches to Africa's development. The international financial institutions must stop their heavyhanded interventions and let countries decide their own development paths. African countries must work within the reality of globalization to renew democracy and improve governance; invest in education; revitalize agriculture, manage their cities, strengthen regional economic integration, and prevent yet more deadly conflicts. These require commonsense and non-dogmatic approaches, learning from local successes, entrepreneurship, and a new generation committed to a new kind of politics.

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