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The Failure of Leadership in Africa's Development

Author : Ike Okonta
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793613265
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Failure of Leadership in Africa's Development written by Ike Okonta and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Failure of Leadership in Africa’s Development examines the dominant scholarly theories about the cause of Africa’s underdevelopment and argues that none of the traditionally invoked causes—an alleged black racial inferiority, the colonial and neo-colonial expropriation of Africa, purported natural defects in Africa’s geography—is plausible as the explanation of the main cause of the continent’s underdevelopment. Rather, the book argues that the chief cause of the continent’s lag is the failure of leadership of Africa’s ruling classes. This failure of leadership, the book shows, is most evident in the historically traceable indifference of a long succession of Africa’s ruling classes to the scientific and technological advances that were emerging from Europe and Asia during the most critical periods of Africa’s history. It was this indifference, the book argues, that set the stage for the subsequent conquest, expropriation, and technological stagnation of Africa. The book recommends a blueprint for the continent’s future development.

Why Africans Fail to Lead

Author : Enson Lwesya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988248793
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Why Africans Fail to Lead written by Enson Lwesya and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Africans Fail to Lead gives specific principles that attempts to answer the difficult task of unraveling the fetters binding the majority of its 900 Million inhabitants. It discusses the need for home growing (from Africa) a strong value-based servant leadership, cast bold visions of the future and inculcate a culture of integrity. This book helps to create sensitivity and desire for leaders that serve humanity with all their hearts.

Leadership Failure in Africa

Author : Robinson Philip Okoro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789789471515
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Leadership Failure in Africa written by Robinson Philip Okoro and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leadership failure reviews the natural resources deposit and its overflows in Africa. It brings to fore the faulty leadership structure, bad governance and sharp practices in politics, public service and government which have hindered the greatness of Africa. The book recalls the true picture of poverty, hardship, insecurity, conflicts, human right abuse and unemployment which corrupt-prone mentality has inflicted on Africa and her People. It explains in detail the accusation of the western world by our leaders for Africa's woes and backwardness and reveals the real collaborators of the plundering of Africa wealth after 50/60 years of self rule. It reminds African leaders and Africans that the backwardness of the continent is the effort of every Africans and challenges Africans to rebuke the enemies within so that Africa can be given a facelift in the comity of nations."--back cover.

Dead Aid

Author : Dambisa Moyo
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374139563
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Dead Aid written by Dambisa Moyo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries.

Why Africa is Poor

Author : Greg Mills
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 014352903X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Why Africa is Poor written by Greg Mills and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic growth does not demand a secret formula. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and further afield in others parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? Why Africa is Poor demonstrates that Africa is poor not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to compete: far from it. It has not been because of aid per se. Nor is African poverty solely a consequence of poor infrastructure or trade access, or because the necessary development and technical expertise is unavailable internationally. Why then has the continent lagged behind other developing areas when its people work hard and the continent is blessed with abundant natural resources? Stomping across the continent and the developing world in search of the answer, Greg Mills controversially shows that the main reason why Africa's people are poor is because their leaders have made this choice.

The Green Belt Movement

Author : Wangari Maathai
Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590560402
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Green Belt Movement written by Wangari Maathai and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.

Our Continent, Our Future

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 155250204X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Our Continent, Our Future written by P. Thandika Mkandawire and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Taxing Colonial Africa

Author : Leigh Gardner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199661529
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Taxing Colonial Africa written by Leigh Gardner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taxation was one of the most contentious aspects of British colonial rule in Africa, shaping relationships between Africans, colonial governments, and European settlers. This is the first detailed comparative study of both taxation and public spending in British colonies in Africa.

A United States of Africa?

Author : Eddy Maloka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A United States of Africa? written by Eddy Maloka and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantial work on the question of unity of African states, containing essays from twenty-four scholars from universities throughout Africa. The papers revolve around four main subjects. The first examines the colonial origins of the African state, neo-colonial constraints on post-colonial regimes, and the nature of the post-colonial political elite. The second subject under discussion is regional integration as a vehicle for the realisation of the African Union. Dani Wadaba Nabudere contributes an overview chapter on African unity in historical perspective; and many contributors consider the complicating phenomenon of globalisation alongside regional integration. The next part examines the extent to which problems of peace and security impact upon the integration project; and the effectiveness of existing regional and continental conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms. Xavier Renou analyses the present roles of France and America on the continent as an obstacle to peace and unity in a chapter entitled 'The New Franco-American Cold-War'. Finally, three contributors address the need for an approach to African unity for development better grounded in civil society and to a lesser extent centred around the role of the state.

Emerging Africa

Author : Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141979461
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Africa written by Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare and timely intervention from Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on development in Africa. To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crisis, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the march of globalization. But what is Africa to today's Africans? Are its economies truly on the rise? And what is its likely future? In this pioneering book, leading international strategist Kingsley Moghalu challenges conventional wisdoms about Africa's quest for growth. Drawing on philosophy, economics and strategy, he ranges from capitalism to technological innovation, finance to foreign investment, and from human capital to world trade to offer a new vision of transformation. Ultimately he demonstrates how Africa's progress in the twenty-first century will require nothing short of the reinvention of the African mindset. 'Africans seriously analyzing Africa's opportunities are all too rare. Kingsley Moghalu writes with insight and authority' Paul Collier 'Savvy . . . distinguished' Mark Malloch-Brown 'Unique in the depth of its insight, the ambition of its scope, and the clarity of its argument. Kingsley Moghalu brings a remarkable intellect and his vast experience to this tour de force on Africa's economic transformation. This is a truly weighty contribution to understanding Africa's developmental dilemma and its quest for a more prosperous future' Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 'Insightful and analytical . . . sheds instructive light on Africa's position in the world. It is a testament to the palpable optimism that encompasses Africa while frankly addressing the myriad challenges that lie ahead for its economic transformation' Shashi Tharoor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu is Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was the Founder and CEO of Sogato Strategies S.A., a global strategy and risk management consulting firm in Geneva, Switzerland. He has previously worked for the United Nations for 17 years in strategic planning, legal, development finance and executive management. His previous books include Global Justice and Rwanda's Genocide.

Power in Action

Author : Steven Friedman
Publisher : Wits University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776143027
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Power in Action written by Steven Friedman and published by Wits University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that South Africans, like everyone else, need democracy for a more equal society What are democracies meant to do? And how does one know when one is a democratic state? These incisive questions and more by leading political scientist, Steven Friedman, underlie this robust enquiry into what democracy means for South Africa post 1994. Democracy is often viewed through a lens reflecting Western understanding. New democracies are compared to idealized notions by which the system is said to operate in the global North. The democracies of Western Europe and North America are understood to be the finished product and all others are assessed by how far they have progressed towards approximating this model. Power in Action persuasively argues against this stereotype. Friedman asserts that democracies can only work when every adult has an equal say in the public decisions that affect them.Democracy is achieved not by adopting idealized models derived from other societies–rather, it is the product of collective action by citizens who claim the right to be heard not only through public protest action, but also through the conscious exercise of influence on public and private power holders. Viewing democracy in this way challenges us to develop a deeper understanding of democracy’s challenges and in so doing to ensure that more citizens can claim a say over more decisions in society.

Globalization and Africa's Leadership Crisis

Author : Ikaonaworio Eferebo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Africa's Leadership Crisis written by Ikaonaworio Eferebo and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper attempts to highlights Africa in the global system and situates Africa's leadership provision of common good of the citizenry, in which, Africa is hardly regarded as anything, as a result of this complete failure. This paper expresses that while the global political economy is market driven by the forces of globalization, where Africa has nothing to offer makes Africa's domestic economies vulnerable as well as miscellany of factors ranging from policy misdirection, lack of good governance, accountability, transparency, corruption, weak institutions, debts, and conflicts consummate what become of the “African condition”, denied Africa of any benefit. For globalization lies insignificant, unequal trade and credit facility that is increasingly impoverishing Africa as a member continent of the global community, especially prices of Africa's primary produce fluctuates in the global market thereby depleting the capacity for foreign exchange earnings of Africa. However, to make up for the deficit, they borrow from Britton Woods Institutions like International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and even foreign governments and to pay interests on the existing loans, soar their indebtedness.

Institution Building and Leadership in Africa

Author : Lennart Wohlgemuth
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171064219
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Institution Building and Leadership in Africa written by Lennart Wohlgemuth and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1998 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

Leadership in Africa

Author : Gerrie Swart
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781906704025
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Leadership in Africa written by Gerrie Swart and published by Adonis & Abbey Pub Limited. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerrie Swart, a lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa, (UNISA) is the the Guest Editor of this volume. Gerrie, who has been a frequent contributor to the journal in the last year and half, solicited, and ensured a timely delivery of all the articles in the lead theme in this edition. We are deeply grateful to him. In this issue, we focus on the quality of leadership in the continent, looking at the challenges, triumphs and trends. In his paper, Gerrie Swart, argues that any "mention of African leadership today regrettably always tends to conjure up the negative associations with Africa's so-called 'Big Men' and the ravages of dictatorship that has on frequent occasions laid waste to many African states' political and socio-economic stability." He contends that while there are instances to buttress such observations, it is also necessary "to evaluate the important initiatives, trends and responses that have emerged from the African continent to the challenges posed to, and by African leadership." He maintains that Africa's leadership crisis is in a state of flux and is actually moving towards "achieving stable, responsible and accountable leadership that the continent is in dire need of." Henning Melber and Roger Southall discuss continuity and change in Africa's leadership dynamics. In particular they discuss retired African presidents and their potential roles in African politics. Faten Aggad assesses the progress made so far with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which was launched in 2003 with the purpose to "foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration through sharing of experiences and reinforcement of successful and best practice, including identifying deficiencies and assessing the needs for capacity building." Yolanda K. Spies examines the role of leadership in Africa's quest for the transformation of the Security Council of the United Nations and argues that there has been a manifest failure of leadership in that quest. He blames the African Union for understandably, but idealistically and unsuccessfully trying to foment a Common Position on Security Council reform. His position is that it is "time for a new strategy - not necessarily conceived as an AU project, but certainly as an African one, and leadership is required." Gilbert M. Khadiagala discusses the December 27, 2007 elections in Kenya and argues that the electoral malaise and the violent convulsion that gripped the country stemmed from the failure of Kenya's leaders to structure politics around solid institutions." Besides the articles in the lead theme we also brought together a number of other articles - from an interview with the legendary Professor Ali Mazrui on the occasion of his 75th birthday to an analysis of Olusegun Obasanjo in the popular imagination in Nigeria. African Renaissance becomes 4 years in June African Renaissance, which made its debut as a bi-monthly multidisciplinary journal in June 2004, turns four next years soon. The journal became a quarterly in 2007 and is now generally regarded as one of the most important, multidisciplinary independent journals on African politics and society. To take the journal to the next level, we will be inviting Guest Editors for various editions of the journal. The aim is to bring other intellectual ferments into the journal and ensure that issues and themes covered are not only those that appeal to me as the editor and publisher. Marcel Kitissou will be the Guest Editor for Volume 5 No.2 while Issaka Souare will be the Guest Editor for Volume 5 No 3. Both Kitissou and Souare have been very closely associated with the journal, from the time of its inception in 2004. For details, plse contact: [email protected]

Why Nations Fail

Author : Daron Acemoglu
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307719227
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Why Nations Fail written by Daron Acemoglu and published by Currency. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788731204
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa written by Walter Rodney and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the west and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the abiding repercussions of European colonialism on the continent of Africa has not only informed decades of scholarship and activism, it remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.

The Economic History of Colonialism

Author : Gardner, Leigh
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529207665
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book The Economic History of Colonialism written by Gardner, Leigh and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world. With special reference to European colonialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Asia and Africa, this book: • critically reviews the literature on colonialism and economic growth; • covers a range of different methods of analysis; • offers a comparative approach, as opposed to a collection of regional histories, deftly weaving together different themes. With debates around globalization, migration, global finance and environmental change intensifying, this authoritative account of the relationship between colonialism and economic development makes an invaluable contribution to several distinct literatures in economic history.