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The Drive to Economic Integration in Africa
Shams, Rasul - 2005
In Africa there has been an immense effort in the past, continuing into the present, to unite politically and to build numerous economic integration areas. In this paper we discuss the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon in Africa which we call the drive to political and economic...
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[Rezension] Dritte Welt: Entwicklung und Unterentwicklung: Dieter Nohlen, Franz Nuscheler (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Dritten Welt. Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe, 1976
Simonis, Udo E. - In: Vorgänge: Zeitschrift für Bürgerrechte und … 19 (1980) 2=44, pp. 98-100
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The role of freight transport in economic development: An analysis of the interaction between global value chains and their associated transport chains
Pedersen, Poul Ove - 2007
økonomiske udvikling i de perifere dele af verden, ikke mindst i Afrika, og for vores forståelse af fattigdommen i ulandenes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323405
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Human security and peacebuilding through a gender lens: Challenges of implementation in Africa
Hudson, Heidi - 2006
Empirical evidence shows that while both women’s near absence at the formal level as peace negotiators and political decision-makers and their informal peacebuilding contributions at the grassroots level have been routinely recognised, it remains difficult to translate gender awareness into...
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Geography and development in Africa: Overview and implications for regional cooperation
Naudé, Wim - 2007
Geography causes African countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation,...
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Resilient adaptation to climate change in African agriculture
Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe - 2010
Africa’s agriculture faces varying climate change impacts which mainly worsen production conditions and adversely affect its economies. Adaptations thus need to build the resilience of farming systems. Using “resilient adaptation” as a concept, this study analyses how adaptations at farm...
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Education, learning, training: Critical issues for development
Carbonnier, Gilles (contributor); Carton, Michel (contributor) - 2014
In Education, Learning, Training: Critical Issues for Development, renowned scholars and practitioners examine shifts in global education policy and practice over the last 50 years.
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Relevance of the Nordic model for African development
Bigsten, Arne - 2001
Can African countries learn from the development experiences of other regions? Or are the continent’s development challenges unique? This paper looks at the development experience of the Nordic countries, especially Sweden, from the nineteenth century and discusses the extent to which the...
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Africa in transition
Wolfgang, Marvin E. (contributor) - 1977
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Covid-19 in Africa and its impact on the economy
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Lück, Ole; Meuchelböck, Saskia - 2021
Die Zahl der Covid-19-Fälle und der damit verbundenen Todesfälle in Afrika wird in den offiziellen Daten erheblich …, dass die Meldelücke im Vergleich zu anderen Weltregionen besonders groß ist, Afrika gleichwohl immer noch relativ gut … abschneidet. Die Autoren stellen fest, dass der Rückgang der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in Afrika im Jahr 2020 zwar weniger stark …
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