realities of Africa. Originality/value – The paper is part of a minority scholarship that seeks to provide space for the …

Social scientists have done a substantial amount of work on the causes and problems of development in Africa and other … accountability, politics, and the dynamic structures and trends in socioeconomic development is a subject which is rarely broached in … the literature. Africa is focused on as an example of a Third World region to illuminate the interaction between politics …

The central argument of this article is that institutional capacity building in sub‐Saharan Africa in the 1990s must be … related simultaneously to the issues of both economic development and of governance. The importance of institutions that are …

and task‐related managerial skills, and with an opportunity for self‐development. It is concluded that if management …

The article reviews the Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) towards economic development in Africa by the year 2000 and examines … Action approved a strategy to de‐emphasise external links with the West and East. This calls for the development and full … utilisation of Africa′s basic human resource and African‐driven technology. The article examines the internal resources and …

“Administrative Responses to the Economic Crisis in Africa” (1989) are summarised, focusing on the experiences of four African … policy makers on “Improving Public Sector Management in Africa”, at Arusha, Tanzania in April 1990 are examined, comparisons …

management education in Africa. The discussion elaborates on why and in what direction and strategies African universities … administration. It is oted that the challenge of sensitizing public management education in Africa to gender concerns is not solely …The focus on women and gender‐related issues is clearly one of the most important concerns of development …