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Author: Ken Cole
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781853832307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Ken Cole
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1134167466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter the multi racial elections in April 1994, South Africa has been set on a new course. For a country emerging from 45 years of apartheid democracy should prove to be the vital first step on the path to sustainability and equitability. There are sure to be pitfalls along the way but the potential offered by long-awaited equality is enormous, and realising that potential is the key to the country's chances of achieving sustainable development. This book analyses the changes which are needed and which might result from the new political culture. It discusses the policy requirements necessary for sustainable development and looks at how the economy, regional integration, land reform, the law, local government, NGOs, health care and AIDs prevention, education, and the media will all be affected, drawing on the experience of other countries in Africa which have witnessed the transition to black majority rule. Accessible to general readers as well as to specialists, it provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved, and a basis for understanding what prospects the future holds for South Africa.
Author: Patrick Fitzgerald
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is sustainable development and how will it be managed in the emerging South African context? In this challenging and scholarly volume, more than 20 researchers offer informed responses to issues raised by South Africa's reconstruction and development programme. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RPD) will not succeed unless the old-style public administration is transformed into a developmental, user-friendly and results-oriented management culture. This publication articulates a new theoretical and strategic basis for the dynamic linking of the public administration and development administration disciplines. Written for the entire range of role-players in the development community, these studies address the concerns of practitioners and policy-makers involved in economic, social and institutional change in South Africa.
Author: Louis A. Picard
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-04-22
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 148225543X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany new development initiatives have been introduced in Africa over the past few decades. Each of these has been heralded as marking a new era in the continent‘s development. However, many of these initiatives have failed to produce sustained results due to numerous challenges, including, most importantly, the lack of good governance. The Africa P
Author: Halvorsen, Tor
Publisher: African Minds
Published: 2015-12-07
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1928331041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe search for answers to the issue of global sustainability has become increasingly urgent. In the context of higher education, many universities and academics are seeking new insights that can shift our dependence on ways of living that rely on the exploitation of so many and the degradation of so much of our planet. This is the vision that drives SANORD and many of the researchers and institutions within its network. Although much of the research is on a relatively small scale, the vision is steadily gaining momentum, forging dynamic collaborations and pathways to new knowledge. The contributors to this book cover a variety of subject areas and offer fresh insights about chronically under-researched parts of the world. Others document and critically reflect on innovative approaches to cross-continental teaching and research collaborations. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the transformation of higher education or the practicalities of cross-continental and cross-disciplinary academic collaboration. The Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a network of higher education institutions from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Universities in the southern African and Nordic regions that are not yet members are encouraged to join.
Author: Okechukwu Ukaga
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781592212361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing a variety of tools from various disciplines, Sustainable Development in Africa examines factors limiting sustainable development in Africa. Among the recommendations made to remedy the situation is the call for a more holistic approach to the problem, resolving the urban crisis that is central to African economic recovery and to develop a new security system that transcends the narrow military focus security.
Author: Craig A. Schwabe
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780796920782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSustainable development can be defined as the improvement of economic efficiency, the protection and restoration of the environment and the enhancement of the social well-being of people (IISD, 1995). The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IIDS) further argues that sustainable development is an integrated process for decision-making that requires information for it to be accomplished. Inherent in the idea of sustainable development are aspects such as democratic values, community participation, international collaboration and strong leadership. A wide diversity of information is required to reflect an integrated approach to sustainable development. Agenda 21 is the foundational document of sustainable development and sets out a global action plan. The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) similarly embraces the need for sustainable development and has formulated actions that have to be taken on the African continent. This paper proposes the development of an information framework for sustainable development in South Africa and discusses the country's ability to provide the information required to address actions stipulated in Agenda 21. As part of this framework, indicators needed to implement and monitor sustainable development are discussed and the inherent value of spatial information for the implementation of sustainable development is touched on.
Author: L. M. Sachikonye
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Roger Southall
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780796920171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe two papers included in this analysis examine the political and socioeconomic factors that contribute to and constrain upon democratization throughout southern Africa and the African continent. With an emphasis on the policies of government, business, and civil society geared toward reducing inequality and poverty, these studies promote community empowerment as a way to promote local, regional, and national sustainable development on the African continent.
Author: Mawere, Munyaradzi
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Published: 2015-10-24
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9956763004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuestions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in the view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socioeconomically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and malicious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions as to why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africa’s diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africa’s multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continent’s long-standing political and socio-economic dilemmas and setbacks.
