Adjusted Lives

Adjusted Lives PDF

Author: Fidelis Odun Balogun

Publisher: Africa Research and Publications

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

Odun Balogun captures the stress and agony in the lives of Nigerians as they daily grapple with the economic woes resulting from their country's adoption of measures dictated by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

The Fragility of the 'Failed State' Paradigm

The Fragility of the 'Failed State' Paradigm PDF

Author: Neyire Akpinarli

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9004178120

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

The absence of effective government, one of the most important issues in current international law, became prominent with the failed state concept at the beginning of the 1990s. Public international law, however, lacked sufficient legal means to deal with the phenomenon. Neither attempts at state reconstruction in countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia on the legal basis of Chapter VII of the UN Charter nor economic liberalisation have addressed fundamental social and economic problems. This work investigates the weaknesses of the failed state paradigm as a long-term solution for international peace and security, arguing that the solution to the absence of effective government can be found only in an economic and social approach and a true universalisation of international law.

Our Continent, Our Future

Our Continent, Our Future PDF

Author: P. Thandika Mkandawire

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 155250204X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.