Author : Ojetunji Aboyade
Release : 1976
Genre : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Issues in the Development of Tropical Africa by : Ojetunji Aboyade
Download or read book Issues in the Development of Tropical Africa written by Ojetunji Aboyade. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa in the world economy; The pre-colonial economy; Impact of colonialism; The neo-colonial economy; The economic distance; Focus on development strategy; Characteristics and development performance; Natural resources; Human resources; Financial resources; Economic organization; Beyond mechanistic growth; Influence of development theorizing; Theory in disarray; Evolution of development theorizing; Problem of relevance; Problem of realism; Ingredients for economic design; Lessons from comparative experience; Resource base and market size; Growth without development; Economic institutions and social control; Rural transformation; Manpower development; Regional balance; Balance of payments; Inflation and structural change; Stunted growth and distroted development; Formulating policies and programmes; Contradictions in the development process; Characteristics of capital distortion; External relations and development strategy; Objetives and goalds; Institution building; Policy instruments; Programmes and projects; Perspectives for social debate; Central themes; Approaches to economic decolonization; Limits of revolutionary rhetoric; Issues and non-issues; Information and knowledge.