Research Catalog

Title

New African thinkers : Agenda 2063, drivers of change / edited by Olga Bialostocka & Thokozani Simelane.

Publication

• Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Bialostocka, Olga
• Simelane, Thokozani
• Based on (work): African Union. Agenda 2063, an opportune moment for Africa. 2015.
• University of Cape Town, host institution.

Description

viii, 152 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

The chapters in the book are based on papers presented at the 9th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) conference titled "Agenda 2063: an opportune moment for Africa" that was held at the University of Cape Town from 30 March to 1 April 2015. Agenda 2063, prepared by the African Union (AU), is a strategic framework for Africa's transformation towards inclusive growth and sustainable development over the next 50 years. Summarized in seven aspirations, it seeks to harness to continent's assets -- its people, history and culture, natural resources, as well as the position of the continent in the global arena. The framework advocates for, among others, equitable and people-centered growth and development, eradication of poverty, development of human capital, creation of infrastructure and provision of public goods and services, women and youth empowerment, promotion of peace and security, strengthening of democratic states, and creating participatory and accountable governance institutions.--From the Preface.

Uniform Title

Agenda 2063, an opportune moment for Africa. 2015.

Alternative Title

Agenda 2063, drivers of change

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Political planning > Africa
• Poverty > Africa
• Economic development > Social aspects > Africa
• Economic development > Africa
• Economic development
• Economic development > Social aspects
• Economic history
• Economic policy
• Political planning
• Poverty
• Social policy
• Africa > Economic conditions > 21st century
• Africa > Economic policy
• Africa > Social policy
• Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Peace and security, including democracy and governance -- Interrogating the relationship between unconstitutional changes of government and illicit drugs in West Africa : the case of Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry -- African electoral conflicts : conditioning and triggering factors -- A contradiction in conflict : armed non-state actors that contribute to security in Africa -- Gender and global change -- A gendered analytical perspective of adaptation policies and strategies in Africa -- Assessing gendered vulnerability to climate change in Nzhelele, Limpopo Province -- The right to landscape : facing climate change and a gendered political economy through ''pastoralist'' peace-building in Somalia -- Transformational development : the nexus between biodiversity and the trade in traditional medicine in South Africa -- Development for the people -- The contribution of corporate social investment to sustainable cultural heritage resource management in Botswana : the case of Debswana Diamond Mining Company -- Science and technology -- Information and communications technology distribution inequalities in rural South Africa -- Converting municipal solid waste into energy in Africa.

ISBN

• 9780796925602
• 0796925607
• 9780796925619 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017418213

OCLC

• ocn989514046
• 989514046
• SCSB-9041592

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library