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  • 1
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    Book
    London [u.a.] : Routledge
    ISBN: 0415283973
    Language: English
    Pages: 22cm
    DDC: 301
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    Keywords: Sociology ; Anthropology ; Soziologie ; Ethnologie ; Anthropologie
    Note: Facsim. of ed. published: s.l.: s.n., s.d , Erschienen: 1 - 12
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    Basel : Basler Afrika Bibliographien
    ISBN: 9783906927503
    Language: English
    Pages: 53 Seiten
    Series Statement: Carl Schlettwein lectures 15
    Series Statement: Carl Schlettwein lecture
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  • 3
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031482700
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 699 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Christianity. ; Religion ; Africa ; Africa ; Ethnology ; Culture.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I Mentors -- Chapter 2. The Writings and Influence of Edward W. Blyden -- Chapter 3. The Writings and Legacy of John Mbiti -- Chapter 4. The Writings and Legacy of Adrian Hastings -- Chapter 5. Elizabeth Isichei’s Contributions to the Study of Christianity -- Chapter 6. The Writings and Legacy of Andrew Walls -- Chapter 7. The Writings and Legacy of Lamin Sanneh -- Chapter 8. The Writings and Legacy of John Peel -- Chapter 9. The Legacy of Terrence Ranger for Historians of African Christianity -- Chapter 10. The Writings and Legacy of J. F. Ade Ajayi -- Chapter 11. The Writings and Legacy of Ogbu Kalu -- Part II Trans-Atlantic Christianity in Africa -- Chapter 12. Missionaries and African Christians -- Chapter 13. Catholic Missions and African Responses I: 1450–1800 -- Chapter 14. African Initiatives and Agency Within British Protestant Missions in Africa, c.1792–c.1914 -- Chapter 15. Abolitionism and the Evangelization of Africa -- Chapter 16. Continental ProtestantMissions and the Evangelization of Africa (1800–1880) -- Chapter 17. European Settlers and Christianity in Africa -- Chapter 18. Catholic Missions and African Responses II: 1800–1885 -- Chapter 19. European Christianity and European Imperialism in Africa -- Chapter 20. “New World Ethiopianism and the Evangelization of Africa” -- Chapter 21. Catholic Missions and Colonial States -- Chapter 22. Protestant Missions and Colonial States -- Chapter 23. Women Missionaries and the Evangelization of Women in Africa -- Chapter 24. Christian Africans, Muslim Africans, and the European Colonial Project -- Part III The Rooting of Christianity in Africa I: Christian Life from Ancient Times to the Independence Era -- Chapter 25. Christian Communities and Religious Movements in Roman Africa -- Chapter 26. Christian Communities and Religious Movements in Ethiopia and Nubia -- Chapter 27. Mission Station Christianity in the Nineteenth Century: A Spatial Lens -- Chapter 28. Christianity, Witchcraft, Magic, and Healing in Africa -- Chapter 29. African Women Christians -- Chapter 30. Ethiopianism in Africa -- Chapter 31. Garveyism and Christianity in Colonial Africa -- Chapter 32. The East African Revival -- Chapter 33. The Transfer of Protestant Mission Churches to African Christians -- Part IV The Rooting of Christianity in Africa II: Christian Life in Contemporary Africa -- Chapter 34. Christian Devotional Practice in Contemporary Africa -- Chapter 35. Catholic Church Growth in Independent Africa -- Chapter 36. Christian Femininity in Independent Africa -- Chapter 37. Change and Continuity in AIC Church Life and Their Scholarship: A Question of Maturation? -- Chapter 38. Significant Trends in Contemporary African Pentecostalism -- Chapter 39. African Pentecostalism from an African Perspective -- Chapter 40. Missions and Contemporary African Rulers -- Chapter 41. African Christianity Rising: Lessons from a Documentary Film Project -- Chapter 42. African Christians Outside of Africa./.
    Abstract: This comprehensive Handbook provides chapter length surveys of the history of Christian missions and Christian churches on the African continent since the time of Christ. Africa is rapidly becoming the most Christianized region of the world. While common narratives about Christianity tend to present Christianity as a set of ideas and beliefs imposed on Africa from the outside, such narratives hold little meaning for African Christians or for those seeking to understand Christianity in Africa as an indigenous faith. The proposed collection of chapters therefore provides a set of scholarly starting points for a new set of narratives. The chapters collected here communicate an idea of Christianity as it has been embraced among African peoples at particular historical moments. It therefore grants voice to the various strands of African Christianity on their own terms, and offers scholarly study of what these voices teach us about how the world's most adhered to religion is practiced and understood on the continent of Africa. Andrew E. Barnes is Professor of History at Arizona State University, USA. He is the author of The Social Dimension of Piety: Associative Life and Religious Change in the Penitent Confraternities of Marseille 1499-1792 (1994), Making Headway: The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria (2009), and Global Christianity and the Black Atlantic: Tuskegee, Colonialism and the Shaping of African Industrial Education (2017). Presently he is working on a monograph of the evolution of Ethiopianism among Christians of African descent across the Atlantic, 1780-1930. Toyin Falola is University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
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  • 4
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    Jackson : University Press of Mississippi | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781496843449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 241 pages) , Illustrations (black and white).
    Series Statement: Atlantic migrations and the African diaspora
    Series Statement: Mississippi scholarship online
    DDC: 304.8096
    Keywords: African diaspora ; Africans ; African Americans Intellectual life ; Autobiography Black authors ; Society ; Sociology & anthropology ; Africa Emigration and immigration
    Abstract: Suggests a new lens for viewing African diaspora studies: the experiences of African memoirists who live in the United States. The book shows how African diaspora memoirs beautifully and grippingly depict the experiences of African migrants over time through political, social, and cultural spheres.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781501374753 , 9781501374715
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 290 Seiten
    DDC: 781.63092
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    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 261-276 , Bibliographie: Seite 277-283
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  • 6
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    Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books
    ISBN: 9781666933420
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 363 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Africa: past, present & prospects
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.23109669
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    Keywords: Kperogi, Farooq A / 1973- / Influence ; 2000-2099 ; Social media / Political aspects / Nigeria ; Citizenship / Nigeria ; Democracy / Nigeria ; Citizenship / (OCoLC)fst00861909 ; Democracy / (OCoLC)fst00890077 ; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) / (OCoLC)fst00972484 ; Politics and government / (OCoLC)fst01919741 ; Social conditions / (OCoLC)fst01919811 ; Social media - Political aspects / (OCoLC)fst01983657 ; Nigeria / Politics and government / 21st century ; Nigeria / Social conditions / 21st century ; Nigeria / (OCoLC)fst01205229
    Abstract: "This is a comprehensive analysis on Nigeria, its people, and emerging contemporary digital trends through the expanding concept of the virtual community. It uses Farooq Kperogi, a prominent leader in the virtual community, and his writings as a lens to foreground the discussion"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9781666933413
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 365 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Africa: past, present & prospects
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falola, Toyin Citizenship and the diaspora in the digital age
    DDC: 302.23109669
    Keywords: Kperogi, Farooq A Influence ; Social media Political aspects ; Citizenship ; Democracy ; Nigeria Politics and government 21st century ; Nigeria Social conditions 21st century
    Abstract: "This is a comprehensive analysis on Nigeria, its people, and emerging contemporary digital trends through the expanding concept of the virtual community. It uses Farooq Kperogi, a prominent leader in the virtual community, and his writings as a lens to foreground the discussion"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Part A: Context And Culture -- Chapter 1: Building an Online Audience -- Chapter 2: Philosophical Foundations -- Chapter 3: Black Cultures -- Part B: Critical Issues -- Chapter 4: The Decay of Pre-Tertiary Education -- Chapter 5: ASUU and the Decay in Tertiary Education -- Chapter 6: Comparing Higher Education in Nigeria and America -- Chapter 7: Politicizing English: Media Communications in A Democracy -- Chapter 8: The English of The Nation -- Chapter 9: Comparative "Englishes" -- Chapter 10: Societal Decadence -- Chapter 11: A Nation on The Boil -- Part C: Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Assessment, Expansion and Evaluation.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
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    Bloomington : Indiana University Press
    ISBN: 9780253064448
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (635 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falola, Toyin African Refugees
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falola, Toyin, 1953 - African refugees
    DDC: 305.9/069140967
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781666944495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (295 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.420967
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    Keywords: Women-Africa, Sub-Saharan-Social conditions ; Sex role-Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan-Social conditions-21st century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This edited volume provides an interdisciplinary and balanced discussion on the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity.
    Abstract: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities -- 1. Sowing in the Wind Girls' Education in Kenya's Bungoma County -- 2. Gendered Political Institutions and Women's Career Identity Construction -- 3. To Have or Not to Have An African Perspective on Childlessness -- 4. Gender and Initiation Rites in Ejagham Land of Cameroon -- 5. Restoring Gender Knowledge in Kenya's Mau Mau War New Methods and Perspectives -- 6. Gender Inequality in the Peace-Building Process during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon -- 7. From Hapless Victims to Helpful Collaborators? The Contradictions of Boko Haram Female Suicide Bombers in Nigeria, 200 -- 8. A Comparative Study of the Influence of Modernization on Traditional Gender Roles of Men and Women in Lagos and Ogun S -- 9. Ethnocentrism, Democratization, and Nation Building in Africa The Nigerian Experience -- 10. Identity Dynamics in the Southern Tier of the Cameroon-Nigeria Frontier -- 11. Redefining Cultural Identity in Nigeria through Dramatic and Theatrical Arts -- 12. Black Identity, Diasporic Consciousness, and Nigeria's Ambivalence to Pan-Africanism -- 13. Sidis in India, and of India Too? An Exploratory Study into the Identity of the African Diaspora in the Western India -- Appendix Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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  • 10
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    Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
    ISBN: 9781580466189
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 354 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306/.096
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    Keywords: Zivilisation ; Kultur ; Africa / Civilization ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Kultur ; Afrika ; Zivilisation
    Abstract: This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the consequences of the imposition of Western rule to the current struggles to define national identities in the context of neo-liberal economic policies and globalization. The book argues that it is against the backdrop of foreign influences that Africa has defined for itself notions of identity and development. African cultures have been evolving in response to change, and in other ways solidly rooted in a shared past. The book successfully deconstructs the last one hundred and fifty years of cultures that have been disrupted, replaced and resurrected. The Power of African Cultures challenges many preconceived notions, such as male dominance and female submission, the supposed unity of ethnic groups, and contemporary Western stereotypes of Africans. The book shows the dynamism of African cultures to adapt to foreign imposition.
    Abstract: Even as colonial rule forced the adoption of foreign institutions and cultures, African cultures appropriated these elements. Traditions were reworked, symbols redefined, and the past situated in contemporary problems in order to accommodate the modern era. The book illustrates the intersection between culture and politics in history and in the present. An ongoing dialogue exists between the upholding of traditional African culture and the imposition of a modern culture, and the identity of a people and their relationships to each other and the outside world are at stake. All societies deal with the ambiguity and tensions of maintaining an old world in the face of new developments, but Africans have had to come to terms with an ambiguous identity, as new nation states, institutions, religions, languages and gender roles established themselves on old traditions and understandings of the world.
    Abstract: Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of Nationalism and African Intellectuals and Violence in Nigeria, both from the University of Rochester Press
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  • 11
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031094873
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 265 p. 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Africa—History. ; Africa—Politics and government. ; Ethnology—Africa. ; Culture. ; Economic history. ; Economic development. ; Geography. ; Africa ; Ethnology ; Africa
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Kenya in Historical Perspective; Wanjala S. Nasong’o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola -- Part I: The Long Precolonial Moment -- 2. The Bantu Origin, Migration, and Settlement in Kenya; Pius Kakai Wanyonyi -- 3. The Migration of Nilotes and their Settlement; Opolot Okia -- 4. Cushitic Migration and Settlement in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi -- 5. The Arrival of Arabs and Asians in Kenya; Julius Nabende -- 6. Kingdoms, Politics, and State Formation in Pre-colonial Kenya; Kennedy M. Moindi -- 7. Traditional Families and Social Networks in Kenya; Tom G. Ondicho -- 8. Pre-Colonial Economic Activities: Crafts, Industry, and Trade; Kennedy M. Moindi -- Part II: Colonial Encounters -- 9. The Colonial Political Economy in Kenya; Kennedy M. Moindi -- 10. The Kenyan Shilling: History of an East African Currency; Isaac Tarus -- 11. Colonial Agricultural Development; Martin S. Shanguhyia -- 12. The Impact of World Wars I and II on Kenya; Samuel Alfayo Nyanchoga -- 13. Politics and Social Life in White Settler Towns; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi -- 14. The Environment Under Colonialism; Martin S. Shanguhyia -- 15. The Mass Media and Cultural Change; Kibiwott Kurgat and Caren Jerop -- 16. The Influence of Pioneer Schools and Makerere University on the Kenya’s Post-Colonial Development; Peter Otiato Ojiambo and Margaret W. Njeru -- 17. African Women in Colonial Kenya, 1900-1963; Julius Simiyu Nabende and Martha Wangari Musalia -- 18. The Trade Union Movement in Colonial and Postcolonial Kenya; Magdalene Ndeto Bore -- 19. The Rise of Anti-Colonial Nationalism; Robert M. Maxon -- 20. Lancaster House Independence Constitutional Negotiations, 1960-1963; Robert M. Maxon -- 21. Political Consolidation and the Rise of Single-Party Authoritarianism; Wanjala S. Nasong’o.
    Abstract: This volume covers Kenya’s history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of independence. The book comprises twenty-one chapters divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the long precolonial moment, detailing the nature of precolonial Kenyan societies and their economics, politics, gender dynamics, and social organization. Part II examines Kenyan societies’ encounters with British colonialism, critically outlining the impact and implications of these encounters. The volume concludes with an examination of political consolidation after the country’s attainment of political independence and the subsequent foundations for political authoritarianism. Wanjala S. Nasong’o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA. Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya. Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa. .
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  • 12
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031158544
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 483 p. 17 illus., 15 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of contemporary Kenya
    Keywords: Africa—History. ; Ethnology—Africa. ; Africa—Politics and government. ; Africa—Economic conditions. ; Culture. ; Ethnology ; Africa ; Africa ; Africa
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Contemporary Kenya: Politics, Economics, Environment, and Society; Wanjala S. Nasong’o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola -- Part I: Independence and the Political Economy of Development -- 2. Structural Adjustment and Economic Reforms in Kenya; Urbanus Mwinzi Ndolo -- 3. Higher Education Policy and Reforms in Kenya; Michael Mwenda Kithinji -- 4. Gangs, Militias, and Vigilantes in Rural and Urban Violence in Kenya; Musambayi Katumanga -- 5. Role of Students in National Politics in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi -- 6. Kenyan Public Intellectuals and National Development Debates; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi -- 7. The Matatu Industry in Nairobi; Mickie Koster -- 8. Pastoralism and the Northern Kenya Economy; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi -- 9. Venture Capital and Silicon Savannah Valley in Kenya; Daniel Oigo Ogachi and Zeman Zoltan -- Part II: Environment, Globalization, Gender, and Society -- 10. Environmental Policy and Practice in Kenya; Wanjala S. Nasong’o -- 11. Wangari Muta Maathai and the Green Belt Movement; Besi Brillian Muhonja -- 12. The Women’s Movement and Gender Politics in Kenya; Damaris Parsitau and Dorothy Nyakwaka -- 13. The Youth and Socio-Economic Development in Kenya; Sellah Nasimiyu King’oro -- 14. Civil Society and the Politics of Democratization; Wanjala S. Nasong’o -- 15. The Second Republic and the Politics of Devolution; Edmond Maloba Were -- 16. Ethnicity and Political Violence in Kenya; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi -- 17. Presidential Leadership Styles from Jomo to Uhuru; Eric E. Otenyo -- 18. Sport and Recreation in Kenya; W.W.S. Njororai and Peter Omondi-Ochieng -- 19. Religion and the Cultures of Kenya; Mary Nyangweso Wangila -- 20. Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises; Ken Walibora Waliaula -- 21. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medicine in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi -- 22. Kenya’s Security Sector: Reform in a Changing Strategic Environment; Stephen Mwachofi Singo and Edmond John Pamba -- 23. The Impact of Globalization in Kenya, Mumo Nzau -- Part III: The External Context -- 24. Colonial Boundaries and Emerging Border Contestations in Post-Independent Kenya; Peter Wafula Wekesa -- 25. Illiberalism, Human Rights, and Rule of Law: A Kenyan Paradox; Makau Mutua -- 26. Mapping Kenya’s Diaspora and its National Economic, Social, Cultural, and Political Impact; Kefa M. Otiso -- 27. Foreign Policy and Kenya’s Foreign Relations, 1963-2017; Mercy Kathambi Kaburu and Korwa Gombe Adar -- 28. Al-Shabaab and the Regional Security Dilemma; Oscar Gakuo Mwangi -- 29. Kenya-US Relations and the War on Terror; Mumo Nzau -- 30. China in Kenya and its Impact and Implications; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi -- 31. Kenya and Regional Integration Schemes; Joshua M. Kivuva -- 32. Kenya’s External Trade; Caroline Ayuma Okello -- 33. Kenya in World Politics; Thomas Otieno Juma -- 34. Kenya : Future Imaginations; Toyin Falola.
    Abstract: This volume is a bold attempt to address a comprehensive range of themes and issues relating to contemporary Kenya. It covers independent Kenya’s history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment with great breadth and depth, comprising thirty-four chapters divided into three parts. Part I focuses on independence and the political economy of development, followed by Part II on environment, globalization, gender, and society. Part III examines the external context’s impact and implications for Kenya and the role of Kenya in the global political economy. Wanjala S. Nasong’o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA. Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya. Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa. .
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    New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic
    ISBN: 9781501374715 , 9781501374753
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 290 Seiten
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    Keywords: Fela ; Afrobeat ; Fela / 1938-1997 / Criticism and interpretation ; Fela / 1938-1997 / Philosophy ; Fela / 1938-1997 / Political and social views ; Afrobeat / Social aspects / Nigeria ; Afrobeat / Political aspects / Nigeria ; Nigeria / Politics and government / 20th century ; Afrobeat / Aspect social / Nigeria ; Afrobeat / Aspect politique / Nigeria ; Nigeria / Politique et gouvernement / 20e siècle ; Fela / 1938-1997 ; Philosophy ; Political and social views ; Politics and government ; Nigeria ; 1900-1999 ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Fela 1938-1997 ; Afrobeat
    Abstract: "Reappraises the life, musical dynamics, and philosophy of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and positions his music within the context of Africa's search for freedom"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Fela Studies ; Fela in Perspectives -- Part A. History and Culture. Natal Tales : Fela and His Family ; The Performative Rhythm : From Highlife to Afrobeat ; The "Woman Question" : Fela and His Wives -- Part B. Fela, Art and Politics. Fela and the Postcolonial Political Economy of Nigeria ; The Politics of Fela's Music ; Fela's Use of Language ; Postcoloniality and Art in Fela and His Afrobeat -- Part C. Fela and Felasophy. Cultural Imperatives in Fela's Music ; Fela's Thoughts on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems ; Fela and Pan-Africanism ; Blackism : Fela's Political Philosophy ; Freedom and Excesses : Fela and His Social Eccentricities -- Part D. Fela in the Future. Post-Fela : Afrobeats as Memorialization ; Fela as a Legacy
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    New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781501374739
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (305 pages)
    DDC: 781.63092
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    Keywords: Electronic books
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    ISBN: 9783110677812
    Language: English
    Pages: VII, 431 Seiten , Diagramme, Karten , 25 cm
    Series Statement: Reference
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Africa in global history
    DDC: 960
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    Keywords: World history ; Africa Foreign relations ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Weltgeschichte ; Afrika ; Wirtschaft ; Gesellschaft ; Religion ; Kultur ; Auslandsbeziehungen ; Internationale Politik ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This handbook places emphasis on modern/contemporary times, and offers relevant sophisticated and comprehensive overviews. It aims to emphasize the religious, economic, political, cultural and social connections between Africa and the rest of the world and features comparisons as well as an interdisciplinary approach in order to examine the place of Africa in global history. "This book makes an important contribution to the discussion on the place of Africa in the world and of the world in Africa. An outstanding work of scholarship, it powerfully demonstrates that Africa is not marginal to global concerns. Its labor and resources have made our world, and the continent deserves our respect." – Mukhtar Umar Bunza, Professor of Social History, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and Commissioner for Higher Education, Kebbi State, Nigeria "This is a deep plunge into the critical place of Africa in global history. The handbook blends a rich set of important tapestries and analysis of the conceptual framework of African diaspora histories, imperialism and globalization. By foregrounding the authentic voices of African interpreters of transnational interactions and exchanges, the Handbook demonstrates a genuine commitment to the promotion of decolonized and indigenous knowledge on African continent and its peoples." –
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 391-418 , Mit Register
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783030895006
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 642 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of African traditional religion
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    Keywords: Religions. ; Ethnology—Africa. ; Culture. ; Africa—History. ; Africa—Politics and government. ; Religion ; Ethnische Religion ; Animismus ; Traditionale Kultur ; Ethik ; Kultur ; Wert ; Norm ; Kulturstandard ; Religionsausübung ; Afrika
    Abstract: 1.Introduction to Handbook of African Traditional Religion -- PART ONE: BASIC/ ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION -- 2.Origin, Nature and Structure of Beliefs System -- 3.African Traditional Religion and the Sociocultural Environment -- 4.Metaphysical and Ontological Concepts -- 5.The Concept and Worship of the Supreme Being -- 6.Beliefs and Veneration of Divinities -- 7.Beliefs and Veneration of Ancestors -- 8.Beliefs and Practices of Magic and Medicine -- 9.Cosmological and Ontological Beliefs -- 10.Liturgy, Rituals, Traditions, Sacrifices, and Festivals -- 11.African Circle of Life -- 12.Death, Burial Rites, and After-Life -- 13.Reincarnation and Eschatological Beliefs -- 14.Religious Leaders: Priests/Priestesses, Medicine Professionals and Kings -- 15.Illnesses and Cures -- 16.Secret Societies: Fraternities, Witches, Wizards and Sorcerers -- 17.The Role of Women -- 18.Arts, Music and Aesthetics -- 19.Oral and Non-Oral Sources of Knowledge -- PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY INTERCONECTIONS: CONTENTS AND DISCONTENTS -- 20.African Traditional Religion and Religious Ethics -- 21.Traditional Religion, and Morality in Society -- 22.African Traditional Religion and African Philosophy -- 23.African Traditional Religion, Gender Equality and Feminism -- 24.African Traditional Religion, Sexual Orientation, Trans-Gender, and Homosexuality -- 25.Conflict Resolution, African Traditional Religion and Societal Peaceful Co-existence -- 26.African Traditional Religion and Democratic Governance -- 27.African Traditional Religions and Economic Development -- 28.African Traditional Religion, Social Justice, and Human Rights -- 29.African Traditional religion and Contemporary Functionalism-Divination -- 30.African Traditional Religion and Contemporary Functionalism – Medicine -- 31.African Traditional Religion and Contemporary Functionalism: Festivals -- 32.African Traditional Religion and Diaspora Transplantations: Nature and Formats -- 33.African Traditional Religion and Sustainable Cultural, Social and Economic Dynamics -- 34.African Traditional Religion and Sustainability: The New Indigenous Religious Movements -- 35.African Traditional Religion and Christianity in Contemporary Global Religious Space -- 36.African Religion and Islam in Contemporary Religious Space -- PART THREE: ON PEDAGOGY, RESEARCH AND FOUNDATION SCHOLARS -- 37.‘Outsider’ and ‘Insider’ Study of African Traditional Religion -- 38.Codification, Documentation and Transmission of Knowledge in African Traditional Religion -- 39.African Traditional Religion and Indigenous Knowledge System -- 40.Gnostic and Epistemological Themes in African Traditional Religion -- 41.African Traditional Religion in African and African Diaspora Scholarship -- 42.African Traditional Religion in Global Scholarship -- 43.African Traditional Religion in the Context of World Religions: Challenges to Scholars and Students -- 44.African Traditional Religion Scholarship: E. Bolaji Idowu and John S. Mbiti -- 45.African Traditional Religion and Humanities’ Scholarship: The Contributions of Edward Geoffrey Parrinder and Kofi Asare Opoku -- 46.Scholarship in African Traditional Religion: The Works of Joseph Omosade Awolalu and Peter Ade Dopamu.
    Abstract: The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion interrogates and presents robust and comprehensive contributions from interdisciplinary experts and scholars. Offering a range of perspectives and opinions through the prism of understanding the past about African Traditional religions and, more importantly, capturing their dynamics in the present and projecting their sustainability and relevance for the future, this volume is an essential resource for knowledge and understanding of African Traditional religions in the global space of religious traditions. Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe is Professor of Religion and African studies. He is currently Associate Director of the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia, USA. Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031019913
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 286 p. 21 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: African Histories and Modernities
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    Keywords: African literature. ; Prose literature. ; Africa, North—History. ; Imperialism. ; Nigeria ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Nationalbewusstsein
    Abstract: 1 Introduction: Nation as Fiction/Fictionalizing the Nation -- PART I: COLONIAL PHASE -- 2 Literature and the colonized nation -- 3 Literary Founding Fathers and ideas of Nationhood -- 4 Women writers and the (Post)colony: (Writing) The Colony in Nigerian Women’s Works -- PART II: POST-COLONIAL PHASE -- 5 Postcolonial Modernity and Literary Imagination -- 6 Contemporary Women Writers and the Representations of Postcolonial Nigeria -- 7 Literature and Nigeria in the Digital Age -- PART III: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- 8 Shifts and Ambiguities: Unstable Literature or Unstable Nation?.
    Abstract: This view of Nigerian Literature puts the ideological contentions and contradictions of old in perspective. Toyin Falola, in this effusion, not only charts the course for the reinvention and invention of the Nigerian Nation through its literature but troubles the literary taboos as well as the theoretical postures and leanings in the art of Nigerian literary artists. -Adedoyin Aguoru, President, African Association for Japanese Studies This fascinating and original piece of scholarship by Nigeria’s most celebrated historian has successfully linked the wide and varied Nigerian literature to the complexities of the nation. The indomitable Toyin Falola maps cogently the cultural, elitist, ideological, feminized and the fetishized aspects of the Nigerian experience. The book masterfully shows us a space that is complicated, inhabited by enigmatic people who see their country as peculiar and unique. - Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos, Nigeria, and editor of Nigerian Female Dramatists: Expression, Resistance, Agency This book explores how modern Nigerian fiction is rooted in writers’ understanding of their identity and perception of Nigeria as a country and home. Surveying a broad range of authors and texts, the book shows how these fictionalized representations of Nigeria reveal authentic perceptions of Nigeria’s history and culture today. Many of the lessons in these works of literature provide cautionary tales and critiques of Nigeria, as well as an examination of the lasting impact of colonialism. Furthermore, the book presents the nation as both the framework and subject of its narrative. By conducting literary analyses of Nigerian fiction with historical reference points, this work demonstrates how Nigerian literature can convey profound themes and knowledge that resonates with audiences, teaching Nigerians and non-Nigerians about the colonial and postcolonial experience. The chapters cover topics on nationhood, women’s writing, postcolonial modernity, and Nigerian literature in the digital age. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is a recipient of many distinguished awards, including 16 honorary doctorates.
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    Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781009049634
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 513 Seiten)
    Series Statement: African identities: past and present
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    DDC: 305.896/333
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    Keywords: Yoruba (African people) / Material culture ; Yoruba (African people) / Archives ; Yoruba (African people) / Historiography ; Material culture / Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Ethnology / Africa, Sub-Saharan / Authorship ; Decolonization / Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Postkolonialismus ; Lokales Wissen ; Eurozentrismus ; Yoruba ; Autoethnografie ; Africa, Sub-Saharan / Historiography ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Yoruba ; Lokales Wissen ; Postkolonialismus ; Eurozentrismus ; Autoethnografie
    Abstract: Addressing the consequences of European slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism on African history, knowledge and its institutions, this innovative book applies autoethnography to the understanding of African knowledge systems. Considering the 'Self' and Yoruba Being (the individual and the collective) in the context of the African decolonial project, Falola strips away Eurocentric influences and interruptions from African epistemology. Avoiding colonial archival sources, it grounds itself in alternative archives created by memory, spoken words, images and photographs to look at the themes of politics, culture, nation, ethnicity, satire, poetics, magic, myth, metaphor, sculpture, textiles, hair and gender. Vividly illustrated in colour, it uses diverse and novel methods to access an African way of knowing. Exploring the different ways that a society understands and presents itself, this book highlights convergence, enmeshing private and public data to provide a comprehensive understanding of society, public consciousness, and cultural identity
    Description / Table of Contents: Prologue: My archive -- Autoethnography and epistemic liberation -- Narrative politics and cultural ideologies -- Memory, magic, myth, and metaphor -- A poetological narration of the nation -- A poetological narration of the self -- Satire and society -- Narrative politics and the politics of narrative -- Sculpture as archive -- Textiles as texts -- Canvas and archiving ethnic reality -- Hair art and the women agency -- Photography and ethnography -- Self, collective, and collection
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    New York : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780190050108
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 779 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Oxford handbooks online
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of Nigerian history
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    Keywords: Nigeria History ; Nigeria Civilization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nigeria ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 'The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History' provides a comprehensive history of Africa's most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centring the rise of the nation-state, the handbook reads the narrative of national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social organisation, as well as in relation to competing influences on modern identity formation and inter-group relationships, such as ethnic and religious communities, economic partnerships, and immigrant and diasporic cultures.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 14, 2022)
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783030774813
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 1129 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of Africa and the changing global order
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Weltwirtschaftsordnung ; Internationale Beziehungen ; Internationale Sicherheit ; Menschenrechte ; Außenpolitik ; Afrika ; Africa—Politics and government. ; Globalization. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Comparative politics. ; Weltordnung ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Internationale Politik ; Globalisierung ; Politischer Prozess ; Regionalentwicklung ; Weltwirtschaft ; Außenhandel ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Geschichte ; Handbuch ; Afrika ; Erde
    Abstract: This handbook fills a large gap in the current knowledge about the critical role of Africa in the changing global order. By connecting the past, present, and future in a continuum that shows the paradox of existence for over one billion people, the book underlines the centrality of the African continent to global knowledge production, the global economy, global security, and global creativity. Bringing together perspectives from top Africa scholars, it actively dispels myths of the continent as just a passive recipient of external influences, presenting instead an image of an active global agent that astutely projects soft power. Unlike previous handbooks, this book offers an eclectic mix of historical, contemporary, and interdisciplinary approaches that allow for a more holistic view of the many aspects of Africa’s relations with the world. Samuel O. Oloruntoba is Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada and President, African School of Governance and Policy Studies, Pretoria, South Africa Toyin Falola is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
    Note: Africa in the Changing Global Order: The Past, the Present, and the Future , Part I Historical Foundations of Africa and the World , Africa’s Contributions to World Civilization , Africa and the World Before the Second World War , Africa and the World After the Second World War , Colonialism, Coloniality, and Colonial Rule in Africa , Africa and the Diaspora , The African Diaspora in the United States , Part II Africa and Global Knowledge Production , African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the World , Coloniality of Being, Imperial Reason, and the Myth of African Futures , African Voices and Black Spaces: Confronting Knowledge in White Man’s IR , Epistemologies of the South and Africa’s Marginalization in the Media , The Influence of Globalization in Positioning African Indigenous Knowledge and Learning System , Ubuntu: The Political Paradigm Africa Should Endorse to Impact the Global Community , Ancient Knowledge and the Right to Development , Part III Africa in the Global Economy , The New Scramble for Africa , Shifting Centers of Coloniality of Power: The Scramble for African Mines and Minerals , It is Still Extractive Imperialism in Africa: Ghana’s Oil Rush, Extractivist Exploitation, and the Unpromising Prospects of Resources-Led Industrialization , Sub-Saharan Africa in the International Trading System: Understanding the Recent Trends , Africa in Global Trade , Africa in Global Trade: Tracking Performance and Mapping Future Pathways , Global Governance of Finance and African Relations with the World , Aid-Dependence and the Emancipation of Africa , Between Heterochthonous Laissez-Faireism and Autochthonous Organic Farming: Africa’s Lazarus Global Food Security Challenges , Global Public Policy Paradigms and the Socio-Economic Transformation Trajectories of Africa , Part IV Africa in International Relations , The African Union’s Pursuit of Pax Africana: From Continental Cadet to Globally Revered Generalissimo? , Seeking African Agency in Global Clubs , The Monologue on Liberal Democracy: Africa in a Neocolonialized World , Environmental Diplomacy and the Fallacy of Climate Bandwagoning in Africa , The European Union’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and Challenges of Addressing Irregular Migration in the Global South: The Nigerian Example , Europe After Brexit and Possible Implications for African Region , Sino-African Relations and Trends for the Post-Covid-19 Global Order , “Look East” and Look Back: Lessons for Africa in the Changing Global Order , Changing Narratives of Human Rights , Part V Africa in Global Security Conflict and Peacebuilding , Africa and the Restructuring of the United Nations Security Council , Africa in Peacekeeping Operations in a Changing Global Order , The War on Terror and Securitization of Africa , Africa’s Search for Sustainable Security in an Emergent Global Order , The European Union and the African Regional Security Outlook in the Twenty-First Century: Gains, Challenges, and Future Prospects , Piercing the Veil of Non-Interference Doctrine: China’s Expanding Military Footprint in Africa , Africa’s Transitionssal Justice System in a Changing Global Order: The “Allure” of Rwanda’s Gacaca Transitional Justice System , Reconstructing Global Security and Peacebuilding in Somalia’s Changing Context , Unipolarity, Emerging Powers, African Security and the Place of Africa in the International System 1993–2017 , Part VI Africa and Global Religions and Creativity , Beyond the Assemblage of Rhythms and Tunes: Post-colonial African Music and the Struggle for Liberation , Beyond Riots: Africa’s Fela Kuti and His One Man Political Protest in the Changing Global Order , African Pentecostalism in a Changing Economic and Democratic Global Order , Pentecostalism and the African Diaspora: A Case Study of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in North America , “Return My Power, or You Die!” Charismatic Church and Political Leaders Hankering for What in Africa? , Reimaging Women Ritual Space: Gender and Power Dynamics in African Religion , Spatial Navigation as a Hermeneutic Paradigm Ifa, Heidegger and Calvino , Opium or Elixir? How Adherence to Major World Religions Influence Africans’ Health-Related Behavior During a Pandemic: A Case Study of Nigeria , Part VII Africa and Global Leadership , Diplomacy and Politics , The World of Literary Writers , African Academic Leaders and Public Intellectuals , Global African Business Leaders
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    ISBN: 9781316511237
    Language: English
    Pages: xix, 513 Seiten
    Series Statement: African identities : past and present
    DDC: 305.8996333
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    Keywords: Erkenntnistheorie ; Kultur ; Entkolonialisierung ; Erzählung ; Sachkultur ; Geschichte ; Nation ; Wissen ; Afrika
    Note: Print on demand edition. , Includes bibliographical references and index.
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    London : Routledge Classics | London : Informa UK Limited
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    Milton : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781000358117
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (162 pages)
    Series Statement: Routledge Classics Ser.
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    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Consumer behavior ; Consumption (Economics)-Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to 1996 edition -- Part I Goods as An information system -- 1 Why people want goods -- 2 Why they save -- 3 The uses of goods -- 4 Exclusion, intrusion -- 5 The technology of consumption -- 6 Consumption periodicities -- Part II Implications for social policy -- 7 Separate economic spheres in ethnography -- 8 International comparisons -- 9 Consumption classes -- 10 Control of value -- Index.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
    ISBN: 9783030555177 , 3030555178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIX, 1026 Seiten) , 145 illus., 66 illus. in color.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore
    DDC: 306.096
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    Keywords: Ethnology—Africa ; Culture ; African literature ; African languages ; Africa—History ; Cultural property ; African Culture ; African Literature ; African Languages ; African History ; Cultural Heritage ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    ISBN: 9781003110842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 285 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Global Africa 18
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    Keywords: Ethnoscience / Africa ; Ethnophilosophy / Africa ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Africa / Social life and customs ; Africa / Intellectual life ; Ethnophilosophy ; Ethnoscience ; Intellectual life ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Manners and customs ; Africa ; Festschrift ; Electronic books ; Festschrift
    Abstract: This book argues that ancient and modern African indigenous knowledges remain key to Africa's role in global capital, technological and knowledge development and to addressing her marginality and postcoloniality. 0The contributors engage the unresolved problematics of the historical and contemporary linkages between African knowledges and the African academy, and between African and global knowledges. The book relies on historical and comparative political analysis to explore the global context for the application of indigenous knowledges for tackling postcolonial challenges of knowledge production, conflict and migration, and women's rights on the continent in transcontinental African contexts. Asserting the enduring potency of African indigenous knowledges for the transformation of policy, the African academy, and the study of Africa in the global academy, this book will be of interest to scholars of African Studies, postcolonial studies and decolonisation and global affairs
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    ISBN: 9780367516833
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 285 Seiten , 24 cm
    Series Statement: Global Africa 18
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    Keywords: Ethnoscience / Africa ; Ethnophilosophy / Africa ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Africa / Social life and customs ; Africa / Intellectual life ; Festschrift ; Konferenzschrift 29.01.2018-31.01.2018 ; Konferenzschrift ; Festschrift ; Konferenzschrift 29.01.2018-31.01.2018
    Note: This is a unique volume in a specific way: the papers in this volume were first presented at the landmark 'The Toyin Falola at 65 Conference' on the theme "African Knowledges and Alternative Futures", held January 29 to 31, 2018, at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria," (Acknowledgements)
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    Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108936866
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 672 Seiten)
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    Keywords: Social change / Nigeria ; Nigeria / Politics and government ; Nigeria / Ethnic relations
    Abstract: Since its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas. World-renowned expert in Nigerian history, Toyin Falola shows us how the British laid the foundations of modern Nigeria, with colonialism breading competition for resources and power and the widening cleavages between the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups that had been forced together under British rule, the choice of federalism as a political system, and the religious and political pluralism that have shaped its institutions and practices. Using an examination of the outcomes of this history, manifested in hunger, violence, poverty, human rights violations, threats of secession and corruption, where power and resources are used to reproduce underdevelopment, Falola offers insigh
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Narrating postcolonial Nigeria -- In search of modernity -- Context and history -- Colonial modernity -- Political pluralism -- Religious identities -- Federalism and its fault-lines -- Democracy and governance -- Ethnicities and political identities -- Religion and geopolitics -- Democracy and its limits -- Governance, citizenship and the state -- Development crises -- Corruption -- The political economy of oil -- Environment and sustainable development -- Food, society, and human capabilities -- Women's marginalization -- Human and minority rights -- Political violence -- Challenges of Western education -- Reforms and revolutions -- Change agents : youths and politics -- Hashtags and social protests : reformation and revolution in the age of social media -- Reformist opinion : grassroots and political activism -- Revolutionary option : social movements and power to the citizens -- Nationalist ethos, collective reformation, and citizenry power -- Popular culture and politics -- Conclusion: Pathways to the future
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis and protect the welfare of Nigerian society. To monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the economy and people of Nigeria and to inform policy interventions and responses, the National Bureau of Statistics with technical support from the World Bank implemented the Nigeria COVID-19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (COVID-19 NLPS). This brief presents findings from the seventh and ninth rounds of this survey which was conducted between January 9 and 25, 2021 respectively
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    Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108947633 , 9781108837972
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 672 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falola, Toyin Understanding modern Nigeria
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falola, Toyin, 1953 - Understanding modern Nigeria
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    Keywords: Social change ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General ; Nigeria Ethnic relations ; Nigeria Politics and government ; Nigeria ; Ethnische Identität ; Demokratie ; Sozialer Wandel
    Abstract: "This book's opening statements are formed by the perception and projection of postcolonial Nigeria's narratives. Nigeria, like most African states after their independence, has experienced subversions, extensions, and even new projections of narratives pertinent to its survival and development. Narratives are potent, flexible devices that endure the rigorous work of organizing experiences, fashioning collective identities, and projecting sociocultural realities. Here, the postcolonial is charged with multiple meanings, spiraling beyond the notion of temporality - indicating the post-independent period - to broadly include discourse related to and following colonialism.1 Postcolonial thinking is evident in the political, economic, and socio-cultural narratives of Nigeria that express ideologies for independence, self-awareness, and collective development"--
    Abstract: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Narrating postcolonial Nigeria -- In search of modernity -- Context and history -- Colonial modernity -- Political pluralism -- Religious identities -- Federalism and its fault-lines -- Democracy and governance -- Ethnicities and political identities -- Religion and geopolitics -- Democracy and its limits -- Governance, citizenship and the state -- Development crises -- Corruption -- The political economy of oil -- Environment and sustainable development -- Food, society, and human capabilities -- Women's marginalization -- Human and minority rights -- Political violence -- Challenges of Western education -- Reforms and revolutions -- Change agents : youths and politics -- Hashtags and social protests : reformation and revolution in the age of social media -- Reformist opinion : grassroots and political activism -- Revolutionary option : social movements and power to the citizens -- Nationalist ethos, collective reformation, and citizenry power -- Popular culture and politics -- Conclusion: Pathways to the future.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9780367341060
    Language: English
    Pages: ix, 296 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Edition: First issued in paperback
    Series Statement: Global Africa 6
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    DDC: 307.760967
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    Keywords: Cities and towns Growth ; Metropolitan areas ; Urbanization ; City dwellers ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Großstadt ; Verstädterung ; Stadtsoziologie
    Note: First published 2018 by Routledge
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
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    Abstract: International Debt Statistics (IDS), a long-standing annual publication of the World Bank, features external debt statistics and analysis for the 120 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. IDS 2021 includes (1) an overview analyzing global trends in debt stocks of and debt flows to low- and middle-income countries within the framework of aggregate capital flows (debt and equity); (2) a feature story on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Debt Service Suspension Initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; (3) tables and charts detailing debtor and creditor composition of debt stock and flows, terms of new commitments, and maturity structure of future debt service payments and debt burdens, measured in relation to gross national income and export earnings for each country; (4) one-page summaries per country, plus global, regional, and income group aggregates showing debt stocks and flows, relevant debt indicators, and metadata for six years (2009 and 2015+"19); and (5) a user guide describing the tables and content, definitions and rationale for the country and income groupings used in the report, data notes, and information about additional resources and comprehensive data sets available to users online. Unique in its coverage of the important trends and issues fundamental to the financing of low- and middle-income countries, IDS 2021 is an indispensable resource for governments, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics, bankers, and the entire development community. For more information on IDS 2021 and related products, please visit the World Bank's Data Catalog at https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/international-debt-statistics
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Abstract: The economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak has an unprecedented impact on public finances. Governments are implementing massive fiscal packages including both budgetary and nonbudgetary measures to fight the pandemic while receipts are sharply down. Communicating the financial consequences of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to all stakeholders in a timely manner is important to create enduring broad support. Audited financial statements play a key role in building citizen trust in government. This policy note provides reflections on how governments could make use of existing systems of financial reporting during the pandemic as well as opportunities for improved financial reporting systems for the post-crisis environment. It also seeks to share insights into the impact of the pandemic on government financial performance, position, and cash flows
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Abstract: The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the tax gap in Ghana, and help the Government of Ghana identify the areas where they can increase tax revenue by improving compliance. Tax gap for corporate income tax, import tax, estimated value added tax, and potential tax revenue from formalization of informal firms were investigated
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    Series Statement: Public Expenditure Review
    Abstract: After more than a decade of strong growth, interrupted only by the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, Belarus' economy has encountered major headwinds. Since 2012, growth has stalled, macroeconomic imbalances have intensified, and public finances have deteriorated. Unlike regional peers, the country was unable to take advantage of buoyant global demand, ample liquidity and strong risk appetite. This suggests that the causes for this disappointing outcome are domestic and rooted in the current economic model based on an outsized public sector and reliance on Russia for cheap energy and as main export market. The narrow export base has left the economy vulnerable to economic weakness in Russia and, indirectly, to volatility in global oil prices. These shocks have exposed major structural weaknesses, that have dragged down productivity and potential growth and increased Belarus' vulnerability to major shocks such as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The policy response to the external headwinds has been pro-cyclical. It has focused on avoiding major financial disruptions and resorting to increased foreign borrowing to make it through the financing pressures rather than deeper structural adjustment needed to adjust to the new realities and anchor fiscal sustainability. It has focused on exchange rate adjustment accompanied by ad-hoc fiscal retrenchment. The latter, however, although significant, has been episodic and less than optimal as it has protected consumption at the expense of investment. The scope for fiscal adjustment has been constrained by the structural rigidities of Belarus' public finances. Looking forward, Belarus now faces a perfect storm of a global economic shock caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, an unprecedented drop in oil prices, and the phasing out of the energy import price discount by 2024 due to the Russian tax maneuver. All these adverse external developments come against the background of deeply rooted structural rigidities, a heavy debt redemptions schedule and a much-reduced policy space compared with previous episodes of external pressures such as in 2009 and 2015
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    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Abstract: Ghana's tax collection is low compared with other lower middle-income countries. Non-compliance of tax payments is an urgent issue in Ghana, as the government has been suffering from a widening fiscal deficit and a rising debt burden. Learning from experiences in other countries, this report proposes potential interventions that could improve tax compliance
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    Series Statement: Private Sector Development, Privatization, and Industrial Policy
    Abstract: Thailand is an enduring development success story. Between the late 1960s and mid-1990s, strong and sustained economic growth propelled the country from low-income to upper-middle-income status. To achieve high-income status by 2037, the authorities will need to draw on the experiences of other upper-middle-income countries that have successfully completed the transition, as well as those that continue to struggle. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has severely impacted growth in Thailand, with the economy expected to contract in 2020 amid heightened uncertainty surrounding the path of the pandemic. This report focuses on the manufacturing sector builds on a framework that emphasizes the microeconomic and macroeconomic linkages of the sources of productivity growth. In line with this framework, Chapter 1 begins with an overview of Thailand's productivity dynamics at the macroeconomic level and identifies the causes of its slowing GDP growth rate.7 Chapter 2 analyzes the characteristics of Thai manufacturing firms and sub-sector productivity dynamics, revealing the drivers of firm productivity and distinguishing the relative contributions of within-firm effects, between-firm effects, and market dynamism. Chapter 3 evaluates the impact of competition on firm productivity by comparing market entry and exit indicators with price markups. Chapter 4 concludes with a set of policy recommendations designed to boost firm productivity in Thailand's manufacturing sector
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    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: The adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being disproportionately borne by women, further exacerbating the wide gender inequities in Myanmar. From food security, shortages in finances and the burden of caretaking responsibilities, women have been disproportionately affected by the secondary impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Women have had to adopt more drastic measures to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, both reactively and proactively, ranging from reducing food- and non-food consumption and borrowing money from Micro-Finance Institutions and informal money lenders. Not unexpectedly, women's greater disadvantage, limited access to support, subjection to domestic violence and structural inequalities lend themselves to their being less optimistic about the near future. The evidence surveyed is clear that women are enduring Coronavirus (COVID-19) disproportionately worse than men, both in household and firm settings and they take on the bulk of the emotional burden with regard to responsive and proactive coping mechanisms
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    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Abstract: The higher-level purpose of this study is to provide information to be used to raise the ambition of Georgia's nationally determined contribution (NDCs) and to consider adaptation targets for the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The study also aims to highlight how supporting a blue economy can accelerate the implementation of adaptation measures required to reduce climate risks and contribute towards the region's socioeconomic development and environmental conservation. The methodology used in the present study consists of five main steps: define the geographic scope; review available climate change projections; identify key climate risks and vulnerabilities for coastal Georgia; assess the impact of climate change on economic sectors and infrastructure, and possible adaptation options; and prioritize initial recommendations and key climate adaptation actions. The approach used to evaluate the various impacts on coastal Georgia consisted of a qualitative analysis and expert input from international and local teams. This included an assessment of feasible adaptation options. Discussions with local experts and government agencies were also carried out in order to gain further details of vulnerable areas and evaluate both the potential for specific adaptation measures to yield economic benefits as well as the feasibility and acceptability of these options. The report is organized in six chapters. Chapter one introduces the purpose, objectives, methodology, and limitations for the study. Chapter two provides an overview of Georgia's coastal zone economic sectors, while chapter three provides an overview of Georgia's coastal climate and climate change impacts. Chapter four presents the priority risks for coastal Georgia, based on the existing cost of environmental degradation estimates and climate change projections. Chapter five discusses the impacts of climate change on Georgian coastal economic sectors, health and infrastructure, through the prism of the priority risks described in the previous chapter and presents a menu of adaptation options. Chapter six discusses the conclusions of the study and makes initial information, institutional, and investment recommendations, and key actions, including key actions required to implement climate adaptation on the ground
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: Uganda's real GDP grew at 2.9 percent in FY20, less than half the 6.8 percent recorded in FY19, due to the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis, and is expected to grow at a similar level in FY21, but downside risks are high. Economic activity stalled during the latter part of the fiscal year due to a domestic lockdown that lasted over four months, border closures for everything but essential cargo, and the spillover effects of disruption in global demand and global supply chains due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in a sharp contraction in public investment and deceleration in private consumption, which hit the industrial and service sectors hard, particularly the informal service sector. On a calendar year basis, real GDP growth is expected to contract by up to 1 percent in 2020, compared to 7.5 percent growth in 2019, and, as a result, real per capita GDP growth is expected to contract by about 4.5 percent. Even if GDP growth rebounds strongly by 2022, the level of per capita GDP is likely to remain well below its pre-COVID trajectory. As a result of these impacts, the COVID-19 crisis is threatening to reverse some of the gains made on structural transformation and the declining poverty trend of the past decade. This transformation was characterized by a reduction in the workforce employed in on-farm agriculture and a take-off in industrial production, largely in agro-processing. However, following the COVID shock, there have already been widespread firm closures, permanent layoffs in industry and services, a rapid slowdown of activity particularly in the urban informal sector, and a movement of labor back to farming. At the same time, household incomes have fallen, which is concerning given the high levels of vulnerability to poverty, limited social safety nets, and impacts this might have on human capital development and Uganda's capacity to benefit from its demographic transition
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    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest country in the Pacific region, and one of the most diverse countries in the world. The key development challenge in this lower-middle income country is how to translate macroeconomic gains from the resource sector into better opportunities and services for PNG's largely poor and rural populations. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has compounded issues for an already weakening economic situation. A strong evidence base is needed to understand the socioeconomic implications of the coronavirus pandemic for Papua New Guinea. Data is needed to inform the policy response to the coronavirus crisis. To monitor and assess the socio-economic impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Papua New Guinea, five rounds of High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) have been planned and will be conducted quarterly. Data collection began in late June 2020. This report presents the findings from round one and concludes with a policy section to help inform an evidence-based response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Papua New Guinea
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    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Abstract: This case study is showcases examples where the "G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)" have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Toyama City, which is now a global role model for compact city development and reviews the city's difficult journey towards a compact city through the lens of Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, which are two of the six G20 Principles for QII. This case study sheds light on the importance of governance aspects such as alignment with the national policy, organizational commitment, and collaboration with the private sector. Furthermore, it illustrates how effective governance can lead to economic efficiency and some evidence of a compact city`s wider benefits. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries
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    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Abstract: The Government of Uganda has been working to establish a new system of NCA. NCA is a standardized approach to measuring and valuing natural resources. It overcomes the limitations of traditional economic measurements, such as gross domestic product (GDP), that look primarily at income and not at wealth. It provides physical and monetary information about natural capital wealth as well as income and other benefit flows. As such,NCA is already helping to inform key policies and plans in Uganda. The development of NCA in Uganda has been supported by various development partners, notably the World Bank's global program, WAVES. This paper offers an independent synthesis of Uganda's work with WAVES from 2018 to 2020. It is based on program documentation and a review of the accounts themselves, supplemented by interviews of key Ugandan officials involved in the process
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: Kenya's economy has been hit hard by COVID-19, severely affecting incomes and jobs. The economy has been exposed through the dampening effects on domestic activity of the containment measures and behavioral responses, and through trade and travel disruption (affecting key foreign currency earners such as tourism and cut flowers). Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 0.4 percent in H1 2020 year-on-year(y/y), compared to growth of 5.4 percent in H1 of 2019. This reflects a worse-than-anticipated Q2 GDP outturn, mainly due to a sharp reduction of services sector output, especially education. As a result, the economy is projected to contract by 1.0 percent in 2020 in the baseline scenario, and by 1.5 percent in a more adverse scenario. This revision essentially adopts the adverse scenario outlined in the April 2020 update, reflecting the more severe impact of the pandemic to date than had been initially anticipated, including on the measured output of the education sector following the closure of institutions in March. The special focus topic finds that the pandemic increased poverty by 4 percentage points (or an additional 2 million poor) through serious impacts on livelihoods, by sharp decreases in incomes and employment. The unemployment rate increased sharply,approximately doubling to 10.4 percent in the second quarter as measured by the KNBS Quarterly Labor Force Survey. Many wage workers who are still employed face reduced working hours, with average hours decreasing from 50 to 38 hours per week. Almost 1 in 3 household runbusinesses are not currently operating, and between February and June average revenue from household run businesses decreased by almost 50 percent. This has exacerbated food insecurity, and elevated pain and human suffering. In response to the crisis, the government has deployed both fiscal and monetary policies to support the healthcare system, protect the most vulnerable households, and support firms to help preserve jobs,incomes and the economy's productive potential. Tax revenue dropped below target, due to the marked slowdown in economic activity, as well as tax relief as part of the government's fiscal response package. At the same time, expenditures were raised to strengthen the capacity of the healthcare system to manage infections, protect the most vulnerable households, and support businesses
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    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: To monitor the social and economic effects on households during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank is conducting High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Households in Vietnam. These monitoring data help generate insights on household well-being amidst this dynamic period and highlight the effects on the most vulnerable members of Vietnamese society. This note provides a snapshot of results from the 2nd of five rounds of this survey series. Fieldwork for the second round was conducted from July 27 to August 12, 2020. During the first half of 2020, COVID-19 cases in Vietnam were well contained and appeared almost eradicated. However, after 99 days without any new COVID-19 cases, the Da Nang region re-entered lockdown after the emergence of a positive case on July 25th, 2020. While round one of the survey series (in June-July 2020) was conducted after the first lockdown, round two was collected right at the beginning of this second outbreak. The timing of fieldwork should be considered when considering trends
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    Series Statement: Country Environmental Analysis
    Abstract: Georgia has made remarkable progress in terms of economic growth and poverty alleviation. In 2019, the country became an upper middle-income country Georgia's endowment of natural resources is a significant source of national wealth and has the potential for accelerating inclusive socio-economic development. Yet, challenges persist as poverty and inequality remain high, especially in rural areas. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) induced global recession has affected important sectors of the economy, including tourism and the travel industry. This report fills knowledge gaps in the upstream importance of environment and natural assets, and highlights areas for aligning national strategies with sustainable recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In so doing, the report aims to inform national policies by which Georgia has commitments to "greening" sector developments aligned with the provisions of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement. The analysis underlying the report includes updates to the cost of environmental degradation (CoED) published in 2015. It also reflects the new government priorities and options for addressing specific challenges in forest management, land and coastal degradation, and air pollution. The recommendations of this report are designed for a wider audience, including the government of Georgia, as well as development partners and broader society
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    Series Statement: Other Infrastructure Study
    Abstract: This study provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of the business environment in six South Asian countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, to examine whether business regulatory requirements in these countries hinder them from fully benefiting from BRI project spillovers. The analysis is based on available secondary data sources and responses to a structured questionnaire sent to selected private sector participants in each of these countries, eliciting information on the law, regulation, and practice in a wide range of thematic areas influencing the overall business and regulatory environment. Survey respondents identified nine key themes as the most challenging for the private sector, including from the perspective of potential benefits from BRI-induced opportunities. The thematic areas are: (a) licensing and inspection requirements; (b) regulations and practices governing foreign investment; (c) access to resources such as land, credit, and electricity; (d) regulatory restrictions on the operation of foreign firms, such as local content requirements and currency repatriation; (e) regulatory governance and corruption and state capture; (f) predictability and quality of the regulatory framework, especially corporate taxation; (g) government procurement laws and practice; (h) effective dispute settlement and grievance mechanisms; and (i) trade and customs regulations. The identified thematic areas promote connectivity and regional integration and thus are particularly relevant from the BRI perspective. Improvements along different dimensions of these thematic areas will likely enable countries in the region to gain from BRI-induced opportunities
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    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Abstract: The objective of this study is to fill the knowledge gaps to help advance Albania's vision of the Blue Economy, in the context of the country's aim of joining the EU. The two most important sectors with this regard are fisheries and tourism. Both industries are well established and offer the highest potential return on investment when it comes to the Blue Economy and have socio-economic and cultural significance for the coastal communities. The study further extends to cover the challenges of marine plastic pollution and examine possible solutions. For the purpose of cross-sectoral planning and investment coordination, the Blue Economy Development Framework (BEDF) is introduced as a distinct theme. The analysis concludes with a menu of options to develop the marine based economic activities and ultimately accelerate the country's transition towards the Blue Economy. The study reflects Albania's specific circumstances and the opportunities arising from integrated economic development of maritime sectors, including branding a 'Blue Albania' vision that could serve as a blueprint for future innovations in these sectors. Policy and decision makers from multiple institutions representing the GoA, as well as development partners and organizations such as the European Commission, have been consulted in the course of the study preparation
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    Series Statement: Women in Development and Gender Study
    Abstract: In the context of Vietnam's impressive economic growth over the last two decades, several studies have documented gender disparities, but few have studied the underlying constraints that drive the disparities. The Vietnamese government is working to increase its support to job seekers. To help fill the knowledge gaps, this study uses three qualitative methods to understand stakeholders' views on the mechanisms underlying gender disparities in the Vietnamese labor market and related policy: (1) individual biographical interviews; (2) focus group discussions; and (3) expert interviews. This study gives particular emphasis to the context in which the gender dynamic is played out in the sphere of the labor market. It approaches gender not as naturally determined but as socially constructed, with cultural, political, religious, and ethnical concepts all influencing its meaning. The study's qualitative findings confirm that a range of gender disparities exist in Vietnam's labor market. Section one gives introduction. Section two provides information on the institutional and legal environment in Vietnam and summarizes existing findings on gender disparities in the country's labor market. Section three describes the qualitative methodologies that were used in the study, namely individual biographical interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. Section four discusses the empirical findings, section five details summary of research results for the provinces of Dien Bien and Quang Nam, and section six presents conclusions and policy recommendations
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: The Philippine economy contracted by 10.0 percent, year-on-year, in the first three quarters of 2020, given the triple shock brought by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 delivered a triple shock of a health crisis, strict containment measures, and a global recession of unprecedented scale. The sharp contraction in the second quarter was driven by the steep dive in private domestic demand, deep contraction in public investment activities, and the collapse of trade due to the impact of strict containment measures domestically and globally. Most of the country entered a more relaxed community quarantine in mid-August with a gradual opening of businesses and government operations. Yet, the economy further contracted in the third quarter, albeit a modest improvement from the peak of the outbreak. Moreover, the country was hit by a series of strong typhoons which may cause delay on the pace of the recovery as economic activities were affected in some areas. This report will feature disaster risk management (DRM) challenges the country faces and policy recommendations to strengthen its fiscal, physical, and social resilience. The severity of the recession can be explained, first and foremost, by the collapse in private consumption, as containment measures led to a fall in employment and incomes. Private consumption contracted by 8.2 percent, its worst performance on record. This was in large part due to a combination of factors that crippled domestic demand, including record-high unemployment, declining incomes (including remittances), movement restrictions that suppressed consumption, and a historic decline in consumer confidence. The deepest contraction was registered in the consumption of non-essential goods and services and those that were affected by the implementation of strict containment measures, while essential goods such as food registered small positive growth. In particular, the combination of travel restrictions and weak consumer confidence which weighed on demand, resulted in a collapse in domestic tourism expenditures, which make up a fifth of private consumption
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    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: The Solomon Islands is a lower middle income small island state in the Melanesian region of the Southwest Pacific. Agriculture, including logging, is central to the economy of the Solomon Islands. To protect the country from importation of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and to limit the possible spread of undiagnosed cases, beginning March 27, the government enacted a series of emergency measures under the State of Public Emergency (SoPE). Coronavirus (COVID-19) response measures, both domestically and abroad, are expected to have negative impacts on the economy and on livelihoods. A strong evidence base is needed to understand the socioeconomic implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the Solomon Islands. The objective of this survey was to measure the socioeconomic impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic in the Solomon Islands, including livelihoods, food security, and public safety and security, through a high frequency mobile phone survey
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is causing the most severe global health and economic crisis in at least seven decades. In Egypt, the disruptions caused by the pandemic started in March 2020, and has since interrupted a period of macroeconomic stability, characterized by relatively high growth, improved fiscal accounts, and a comfortable level of foreign reserves. Yet, the pandemic also hit as longstanding challenges continued to persist, notably the government's elevated debt-to-GDP ratio (despite its significant reduction in recent years), sluggish revenue-mobilization and the below-potential performance of non-oil merchandise exports and non-oil FDI. The fiscal, monetary and energy sector reforms implemented in recent years, along with the emergency measures undertaken by authorities in response to the COVID-19 crisis are so far helping Egypt weather the shock. Indeed, average real growth has remained positive during FY2019/20 and foreign reserves continue to be rather ample. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic has inevitably caused job and income losses, posing additional strains on Egyptian households' livelihoods, and is thus exacerbating the long-standing challenge of job-creation in Egypt, notably in the formal private sector. The in-focus chapter of this report is therefore dedicated to the topic of jobs and economic transformation. The analysis of this chapter shows that the economic transformation process has been slow-moving in Egypt, with employment shares increasing either in low value-added sectors, or in sectors that have experienced a decline in productivity (value-added per worker). Hence, the Egyptian economy has not been able to generate high-earning jobs, at scale. Going forward, for businesses to expand and create sufficient and high-quality employment opportunities, a three-pronged approach will be necessary: (i) Sustaining macroeconomic stability and overall policy predictability whilst incentivizing domestic savings to finance investments. (ii) Getting the enabling environment right to create attractive opportunities for domestic and foreign investments. (iii) Upgrading human capital and firm capabilities to fast-track the economic transformation process in Egypt and to strengthen the country's resilience against such severe shocks
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    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Abstract: Bulgaria has achieved impressive economic performance over the last two decades. Nevertheless, recent growth of gross domestic product (GDP) and productivity has slowed since the global financial crisis, and the country faces medium- to long-term labor shortages and skills mismatches driven by an aging population and high emigration rates. Maintaining income growth in the face of these challenges will require boosting productivity, and a key step to increase productivity is to strengthen Bulgaria's science, technology and innovation (STI) performance, which ranks among the worst in the European Union (EU) across multiple indicators. A review of STI policies is critical in preparation for the next EU programing period to ensure that the expected increase in resources to support research and innovation is used effectively. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the country's research and innovation needs and an original analysis of the policies devoted to supporting STI in Bulgaria, including nearly all national-level STI-related policy instruments
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    Series Statement: Other Infrastructure Study
    Abstract: This case study showcases examples where the "G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)" have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Fukuoka City, one of the most prominent cities in Japan today. It reviews the city's efficient water management through Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, two of the six G20 Principles for QII. A key factor for the city's success was adopting life-cycle costing as an underlying principle; the city upgraded its water distribution pipe network with polyethylene sleeves for life extension and went to great length for leakage reduction. As a recent effort, the city underwent procurement reforms to improve the technical quality of public works. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries
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    Series Statement: Education Sector Review
    Abstract: This Indonesia Education Flagship Report examines ways to strengthen education reforms and boost the learning outcomes of all Indonesian students. It focuses on how the education system can deliver on the promise of human capital for Indonesia. The recommendations focus on protecting and building human capital by increasing the capacity, equity, and accountability for learning. The report also explores what the central government can do to make changes for the better in areas under its control and how to provide better guidance and support to provinces, districts, and schools
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    Series Statement: Poverty Assessment
    Abstract: After the return to democracy, Ghana achieved significant economic growth and poverty reduction. However, in recent years, the rate of poverty reduction has slowed, becoming insignificant after 2012. The largest reduction in poverty, 2 percent per year, was reached from 1991-1998. Subsequently, the rate of decline fell to 1.4 percent in 1998-2005, 1.1 percent in 2005-2012, and dropped to 0.2 percent per year between 2012 and 2016. The slowdown in poverty reduction was not due to a reduction in GDP per capita growth, which peaked between 2005 and 2012 and remained high between 2012 and 2016. Rather, it was due to a drop in the rate to which economic growth translated into poverty reduction. The growth elasticity of poverty (percentage reduction in poverty associated for every one percentage change in GDP per capita) was 1.2 between 1991 and 1998 but declined to less than 0.1 between 2012 and 2016, indicating a 1 percent increase in GDP per capita led to less than 0.1 percent reduction in poverty
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) grew at a slower pace in 2019 compared to 2018. Still, it grew at 3.1 percent, year-onyear, in 2019, above the average of regional peers (1.6 percent) and countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) (2.7 percent). Despite improvements in security following the signing of the peace agreement in February 2019, the economy performed worse than expected due to the collapse by about 30 percent in the production of coffee and cotton, which in turn was the result of persistent structural challenges in the agriculture sector. On the demand side, private consumption remained the main driver of economic growth, while the agriculture and services sectors drove growth on the supply side. Moreover, extreme poverty remains high and projected to affect 71 percent of the population-3.4 million people-in 2019. Inflation increased in 2019, and CEMAC's monetary policy remained on track. The tightening of monetary policy, as well as progress on implementing the new Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa's (Communaute Economique et Monetaire de l'Afrique Centrale, CEMAC) foreign exchange regulation in March 2019, contributed to a strong recovery of gross foreign assets, from 2.7 months' worth of imports in 2018 to 3.3 months in 2019. Inflation was contained at an average of 2.8 percent in 2019 as inflationary pressures from the blockade of the main trade route between Bangui and Cameroon in March abated. Fiscal stance improved, but CAR remains at high risk of debt distress. Public expenditure grew at a slower pace in 2019 than in 2018, mainly due to delays in public investments. Government revenues picked up at 18.4 percent of GDP in 2019 thanks to a significant increase in official grants. As a result, the overall fiscal situation improved in 2019, and the debt-to-GDP ratio continued to decline. However, CAR remains at high risk of debt distress, primarily due to low exports and mobilization of domestic resources
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Poverty Assessment
    Abstract: Ethiopia's economy has grown rapidly over the last two decades, leading to significant national poverty reduction, but there were significant differences in the pace and nature of poverty reduction across Ethiopia's eleven regions. Based on the national poverty line, poverty decreased from 46 percent in 1996 to 24 percent in 2016 nationwide. Poverty decreased in all the regions, particularly after 2005 when growth became more robust. Although regional disparities remained fairly low, regional poverty rates converged until 2011 only to begin diverging again in 2016
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  • 58
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Abstract: Access to identification is a vital priority. In developing countries, persons with disabilities are among those most likely to face barriers in accessing government services such as health and rehabilitation, public transportation, education, voting, financial services, and economic opportunities. For women and girls with disabilities and other persons with disabilities with intersecting identities, these barriers are multidimensional. Addressing poverty among persons with disabilities and their families requires solutions that address their differentiated and sometimes complex needs, a precondition of which is possessing official proof of identity. This report provides a model of the continuous nature of the ID lifecycle, suggesting some illustrative approaches to designing a disability-inclusive ID process at any stage in the lifecycle. The ID lifecycle comprises five phases, each allowing for disability-inclusive interventions. The five phases are: (1) planning and design; (2) outreach and engagement; (3) enrollment; (4) use of ID; (5) and monitoring and evaluation. The cycle presents examples of continuous activities which should be regularly revisited to ensure that ID systems are accessible to people with disabilities regardless of the stage of implementation of the ID system. While not exhaustive, and recognizing that country contexts differ, this cyclical model can be a useful planning tool, much like that used across the world by electoral commissions for inclusive voter registration
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  • 59
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Abstract: The education system under the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) in Indonesia is highly decentralized. Most school costs under MoEC are covered by fiscal transfers from the centre to provincial and district levels, some of which are earmarked for education use. One such type of transfer is school operational grants, known as Bantuan Operasional Sekolah (BOS) or school operational assistance. BOS funds are managed directly by schools, which have been delegated the autonomy to receive, plan and budget, spend, administer, and report their use. Experience has shown that many schools lack the capacity to use BOS funds effectively and efficiently to deliver better learning outcomes for students, while there have been no planning systems to manage use of BOS funds towards achieving the National Education Standards (NES) for individual schools. Under the BOS program, each school is required to conduct a School Self-Evaluation (SSE) against the NES and use the results to develop its spending plans accordingly. Every school has also been advised to develop a planning and budgeting system (Rencana Kegiatan dan Anggaran Sekolah or RKAS) to allocate and manage BOS funds. To support implementation of the RKAS, an application called the Rencana Kegiatan dan Anggaran Sekolah Berbasis Elektronik (e-RKAS or electronic school plan) has been developed. To assess the preliminary effects of introducing different e-RKAS applications on the role and behaviour of stakeholders, as well as challenges experienced during implementation, the World Bank conducted an evaluation of the e-RKAS program. This report focuses on the evaluation and impact of e-RKAS
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  • 60
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Urban Study
    Abstract: The role of the public sector in housing delivery in many developed economies evolved from government as builder in the post-War era in the 1950s when the government directly constructed and delivered housing to meet the daunting demand for housing, to government as enabler and regulator in the 1980s and 90s when governments retreated from direct provision but started to focus on facilitating the private sector to deliver housing effectively, and to assist the poorest segment of the population. The point of departure is the belief that housing is essentially a private good that is best provided by the market. Today, the government's role is therefore focused on Should read: (i) establishing the enabling environment for the private sector (including private individuals) to deliver housing; (ii) addressing the market failures; and (iii) avoiding and/or correcting government policy failures. However, challenges persist for low-income households to find affordable accommodation in locations that work for them. Such shortages of affordable housing are most pronounced in developing countries, which in recent decades have seen rapid urbanization and the proliferation of informal settlements, which are increasingly challenging for the public sector to address. As the private sector and public sector fail to provide adequate and affordable housing for the lower-end of the market segment at the pace and scale that is needed, governments have since the later 2000's repositioned themselves as partners, and increasingly as entrepreneurs, to catalyze - and reduce the risk for - the private sector's entry into the affordable housing markets
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  • 61
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Foreign Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Capital Flows Study
    Abstract: This report synthesizes the work carried out as part of a World Bank ASA (Advisory Services and Analytics) activity to identify better systems and practical strategies that countries can use for improved monitoring of small-scale cross border trade (SSCBT). Large amounts of goods are known to be traded through cross border channels in Africa, yet SSCBT is poorly counted leading to a misrepresentation of the true state of regional integration and possible misalignment of trade and development policies. The study assesses the strengths and limitations of existing SSCBT data systems in East Africa to understand the feasibility and cost effectiveness of different data collection methods. It also looks at conditions along trade corridors in other regions of Africa where SSCBT data are only starting to be monitored to identify common bottlenecks and potential solutions for improved trade data collection in different environments. The analysis draws on fieldwork carried out during July and August 2019, as well as subsequent consultations with local counterparts, including with respect to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this work, the study aims to inform policy in countries where SSCBT is important and where the establishment of monitoring systems will be relevant and desirable. The project also contributes to discussions and negotiations on regional integration by raising the profile of SSCBT and drawing attention to the importance of addressing barriers that limit this trade. In addition to this report, findings of the ASA are also being shared with a diverse audience of policymakers, economic analysts, and civil society representatives through short policy notes, working papers, and dissemination events
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  • 62
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Abstract: If financial markets are to realign towards truly sustainable development the financial sector needs to differentiate commercial actors more accurately on their climate and environmental performance. A potential breakthrough to help in this challenge is the emerging field of -'Spatial Finance', the independent assessment of the location of a company's or a country's assets and infrastructure using ground data, remote sensing observations and modelled insights, offers a potentially transformative means to gain improved quantitative ESG insights. Rapid development is required if spatial finance is to deliver in the short term. In this report, authors outline a possible taxonomy and hierarchy for spatial finance, showing how discrete forms of technology, approaches and data can be considered within a single consistent framework. Using this framework, spatial finance could provide insights at differing scales for different applications from the asset-scale for project finance, to company-scale for investment, to country scale for sovereign debt. Throughout the document authors provide insights into current cutting-edge developments within the field, illustrated with case studies from practitioners and data providers, and explore potential future developments
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  • 63
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other papers
    Abstract: Regulatory sandboxes have become synonymous with fintech innovation and offer the unique benefit of providing the empirical evidence needed to substantiate decisions. This paper on Global Experiences from Regulatory Sandboxes brings together detailed lessons learned and case studies from sandboxes across the globe. Our research has identified 73 sandboxes in 57 jurisdictions. This is currently the most up-to-date resource for sandboxes available and is supplemented with an interactive database on Key data from Regulatory Sandboxes across the globe
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  • 64
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: The Lebanon Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Lebanon. It places them in a longer-term and global context and assesses the implications of these developments and other changes in policy on the outlook for Lebanon. Its coverage ranges from the macro-economy to financial markets to indicators of human welfare and development
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  • 65
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Social Protection Study
    Abstract: In 2020, Malaysia passes a crucial milestone in its demographic trajectory and becomes an aging society. Driven by a precipitous decline in fertility accompanied by a sustained rise in life expectancy, in recent years Malaysia has seen an uptick in the pace of demographic change. Rapid aging will be one of the most crucial megatrends affecting Malaysia in coming decades, raising policy challenges in areas such as employment, income security, health care, and aged care. The term silver economy has been coined to encompass all sources of opportunities that arise from economic activities that serve the needs and demands of older persons. While rapid aging is crucially important and will become even more so in coming decades, through the right choice of policies, the government of Malaysia can help the country achieve productive and inclusive aging. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented crisis with an enormous health and human toll, as well as exacerbated many of the policy challenges raised by aging both in the short term and more structurally. The report analyzes Malaysia's demographic, socioeconomic and macroeconomic contexts, as well as three select key policy areas where critical knowledge gaps exist-employment, income security, and aged care
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  • 66
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (234 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Global Economic Prospects
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support. The global recession would be deeper if countries take longer to bring the pandemic under control, if financial stress triggers defaults, or if there are protracted effects on households and firms. Economic disruptions are likely to be more severe and protracted in emerging market and developing economies with larger domestic outbreaks and weaker medical care systems; greater exposure to international spillovers through trade, tourism, and commodity and financial markets; weaker macroeconomic frameworks; and more pervasive informality and poverty. Beyond the current steep economic contraction, the pandemic is likely to leave lasting scars on the global economy by undermining consumer and investor confidence, human capital, and global value chains. Being mostly a reflection of the recent plunge in global energy demand, low oil prices are unlikely to provide much of a boost to global growth in the near term. While policymakers' immediate priorities are to address the health crisis and moderate the short-term economic losses, the likely long-term consequences of the pandemic highlight the need to forcefully undertake comprehensive reform programs to improve the fundamental drivers of economic growth, once the crisis abates. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by these economies, while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces
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  • 67
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    Book
    New York : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107064607 , 9781107683945
    Language: English
    Pages: xxi, 496 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Usman, Aribidesi The Yoruba from prehistory to the present
    DDC: 966.9/00496333
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    Keywords: Yoruba (African people) History ; Yoruba (African people) Social life and customs ; Yoruba (African people) Politics and government ; Yoruba ; Geschichte
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 455-489
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  • 68
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    Book
    London ; New York : Routledge
    ISBN: 9781138583498
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 233 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    Series Statement: Global Africa 11
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.80096
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    Keywords: Blacks Civil rights ; Government, Resistance to ; African diaspora Social conditions ; Widerstand ; Africa Race relations ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Widerstand
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 69
    ISBN: 9783319770307
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Springer Nature Living Reference
    Series Statement: Social Sciences
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Keywords: Women's Studies ; Africa-History ; Ethnology-Africa ; Africa-Politics and government ; Africa—History ; Ethnology—Africa ; Africa—Politics and government ; Women ; Culture ; Gender ; Identity politics
    Abstract: This definitive handbook is the first reference of its kind bringing together knowledge, scholarship, and debates on themes and issues concerning African women everywhere. It reviews and evaluates African women’s historical, cultural, social, political, economic, religious, private, local, and global lives and activities. Contributors offer a consistent emphasis on debunking erroneous and misleading myths about African women's roles and positions, bringing their previously marginalized stories to relief, and ultimately re-writing their histories. This reference work includes, to the greatest extent possible, the voices of African women themselves as writers of their own stories. The detailed, rigorous and up-to-date analyses in the work represent a variety of theoretical, methodological, and transdisciplinary approaches. This reference work will prove vital in charting new directions for the study of African women, and will reverberate in future studies, generating new debates and engendering further interest
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  • 70
    ISBN: 9781580469548
    Language: English
    Titel der Quelle: African islands
    Publ. der Quelle: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019
    Angaben zur Quelle: (2019), Seite 1-35
    Angaben zur Quelle: year:2019
    Angaben zur Quelle: pages:1-35
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  • 71
    ISBN: 9781580469548
    Language: English
    Pages: viii, 432 Seiten , Karten
    Series Statement: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora 83
    Series Statement: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
    DDC: 960.32
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    Keywords: Islands ; States, Small ; Africa Economic conditions 1960- ; Africa Colonial influence ; Islands of the Atlantic ; Islands of the Indian Ocean ; Africa Politics and government 1960- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Insel ; Wirtschaft ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction: Arbiters and witnesses of change--contextualizing conversations on African islands / Toyin Falola, R. Joseph Parrott, and Danielle Porter Sanchez -- The Canaries to Africa: the Atlantic strategy of "to be or not to be" / Germán Santana Pérez -- Sugar, cocoa, and oil: economic success and failure in São Tomé and Príncipe from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries / Gerhard Seibert -- The Bijagos of Canhabac Island (Guinea-Bissau) / Joshua Bernard Forrest -- An island in the middle of everywhere: Bioko under colonial domination / Enrique N. Okenve -- Cursing in Bioko and Annobón: repeating islands that don't repeat / Michael Ugarte -- African ports and islands during the Second World War / Ashley Jackson -- "Nos lingua, nos kultura, nos identidadi": postcolonial language planning and promotion in Cabo Verde and the Cape Verdean diaspora / Carla D. Martin -- Africa's Indian Ocean islands, near and distant / Edward A. Alpers -- Monsoon metropolis: migration, mobility, and mediation in the western Indian Ocean / William Bissell -- The Mascarenes, Indian Ocean Africa, and global labor migration during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Richard B. Allen -- The island as nexus: Zanzibar in the nineteenth century / Jeremy Prestholdt -- Slavery and postslavery in Madagascar: an overview / Denis Regnier and Dominique Somda -- The Comoros: strategies of islandness in the Indian Ocean / Iain Walker -- Gendered pioneers from Mayotte: an ethnographic perspective on travel and transformation in the western Indian Ocean / Michael Lambek.
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  • 72
    ISBN: 9781137594259
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxi, 657 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    Series Statement: Palgrave handbooks
    Angaben zur Quelle: Volume 1
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    Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Literaturangaben
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  • 73
    ISBN: 9781137594259
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Palgrave handbooks
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    Keywords: Postcolonialism ; Colonies History ; Africa History ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Kolonialismus ; Postkolonialismus ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This wide-ranging volume presents the most complete appraisal of modern African history to date. It assembles dozens of new and established scholars to tackle the questions and subjects that define the field, ranging from the economy, the two world wars, nationalism, decolonization, and postcolonial politics to religion, development, sexuality, and the African youth experience. Contributors are drawn from numerous fields in African studies, including art, music, literature, education, and anthropology. The themes they cover illustrate the depth of modern African history and the diversity and originality of lenses available for examining it. Older themes in the field have been treated to an engaging re-assessment, while new and emerging themes are situated as the book's core strength. The result is a comprehensive, vital picture of where the field of modern African history stands today
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9781315282978 , 9781315282961 , 9781315282947
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Global Africa 3
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Poverty reduction strategies in Africa
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    Keywords: Armutsbekämpfung ; Subsahara-Afrika ; Westafrika ; Poverty Government policy ; Poverty ; Government policy ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Economic conditions ; 21st century ; Electronic books ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions 21st century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Armut ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Introduction; PART I Dimensions and assessments of poverty reduction policies and programs in sub-Saharan Africa; 1 Poverty in postcolonial Africa: the legacy of contested perspectives.
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  • 75
    ISBN: 9781137594259
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxi Seiten, Seiten 661-1362 , Karten
    Series Statement: Palgrave handbooks
    Angaben zur Quelle: Volume 2
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    Keywords: Entkolonialisierung ; Kolonialismus ; Auswirkung ; Politischer Wandel ; Änderung ; Politik ; Internationale Politik ; Afrikaner ; Lebensbedingungen ; Gesellschaft ; Soziokultureller Wandel ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Literaturangaben
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9781351363716 , 9781351363723 , 9781351363709 , 9780203712870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: 1st
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    DDC: 320.96
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    Keywords: Politische Kultur ; Herrschaftssystem ; Autokratie ; Diktatur ; Staat ; Gesellschaft ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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  • 77
    ISBN: 9781349952311
    Language: English
    Pages: xxix, 925 Seiten , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Palgrave handbooks
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 320.96
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    Keywords: Africa ; Africa ; Politics and government ; Africa / Politics and government ; Africa / Economic conditions ; Africa / Social conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction: Contextualizing the debates on politics, governance and development -- Competing theories and concepts on politics, governance, and development -- Theory of the crises of the state -- Post-colonialism: Theoretical foundations and relevance to African politics -- Decoloniality as a combative ontology in African development -- Theories of social change and development in Africa -- Theoretical Foundations of Nation-Building -- Pre-colonial Political Institutions: Relevance for Contemporary Africa -- Politics and Society in Pre-colonial Africa: Implications for Governance in Contemporary Times -- Settler and Non-settler Colonialism in Africa -- Nationalism in Africa: Concepts, Types and Phases -- Nationalism and Political Independence in Africa -- Theories of Military in African Politics -- Coups and Countercoups in Africa -- Military and Transition Politics -- Civil-Military Relations in Africa -- Politics of Identity and the Crisis of Nation-Building in Africa --
    Abstract: Migration and Xenophobia in Africa -- Identity Politics and Wars of Secession in Africa -- Ethnic Identity and Conflicts in Africa -- Identities, Conflicts, and Africa's Refugee Crises -- Resource Control and Conflict in Africa -- Trade Unions and the Struggle for Democracy in Africa -- The Peasantry and Politics in Africa -- Civil Society Organizations and Democratic Governance in Africa -- Uncivil Society and Ethnic Militia in African Politics -- Migration and Urbanization in Africa -- Democracy and Political Development in Africa -- Political Parties and Democracy in Africa -- Institutions, Neopatrimonial Politics and Democratic Development -- Gender and Governance -- Political Participation and Political Citizenship -- Media and Politics in Africa -- Public Procurement and Development in Africa -- Challenges of Economic Development in Africa: The Dichotomy of a Debate and the Africanist View -- Resource Governance and the Crisis of Development --
    Abstract: Illicit Financial Flows and the African Development Conundrum -- Public Good and the Crises of Service Delivery in Africa -- Rethinking Regional Integration for Development and Eradication of Poverty in Africa: The Missing Link -- The Resilient Informal Economy in the Milieu of African Development -- The Role of International Financial Institutions in Africa -- Africa in the Global Trading System -- Africa and Foreign Direct Investment -- Africa and the BRICS: In Whose Interest? -- Africa's Development Narratives: From Growth to Wellbeing -- The Politics of Foreign Aid -- From OAU to AU: Rethinking Supranational Governance in Africa -- Pan-Africanism is Africa's Third Way: The Cultural Relevance of African Political Economy -- Demography and the Future of Africa -- From Hard to Human Security: Rethinking the Security Architecture in Africa -- Research, Innovation and Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Energy Security and the Future of Development in Africa --
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  • 78
    ISBN: 3319749048 , 9783319749044
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 258 Seiten , 21 cm x 14.8 cm
    Series Statement: African histories and modernities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Africa and Globalization
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion
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    Keywords: Globalization ; Globalization ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Globalization ; Industries ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Africa ; Africa ; Africa ; Electronic books ; General ; Public Policy ; Economic integration ; Economic Policy ; Globalization ; Politics and government ; Electronic books ; Africa Politics and government ; Africa Globalization ; Africa Economic integration ; Africa Politics and government ; Africa Globalization ; Africa Economic integration ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Globalisierung ; Afrika ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 79
    ISBN: 9781138559332 , 9781138559349
    Language: English
    Pages: xiii, 265 Seiten
    Series Statement: Global Africa 7
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 320.96
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    Keywords: Dictatorship ; Political culture ; Gesellschaft ; Staat ; Africa Politics and government 1960- ; Africa Social conditions 1960- ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Staat ; Gesellschaft
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  • 80
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464812798
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Narayan, Ambar, author Fair progress?
    DDC: 331.12/72
    Keywords: Income ; Occupational mobility ; Social mobility
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 81
    ISBN: 9783319749051
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 258 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: African Histories and Modernities
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: History
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Africa and globalization
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
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    Keywords: History ; Ethnology Africa ; Africa History ; Africa Politics and government ; Economic development ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Globalization ; Industries ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Africa ; Electronic books ; General ; Public Policy ; Economic integration ; Economic Policy ; Politics and government ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: This book considers the promises and challenges of globalization for Africa. Why have African states been perennially unable to diversify their economies and move beyond export of primary produce, even as Southeast Asia has made a tremendous leap into manufacturing? What institutional impediments are in play in African states? What reforms would mitigate the negative effects of globalization and distribute its benefits more equitably? Covering critical themes such as political leadership, security challenges, the creative sector, and community life, essays in this volume argue that the starting point for Africa’s meaningful engagement with the rest of the world must be to look inward, examine Africa’s institutions, and work towards reforms that promote inclusiveness and stability
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 9781464812828
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Policy research report
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Moving for prosperity: global migration and labor markets
    DDC: 331.6/2
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration Economic aspects ; Emigration and immigration Government policy ; Foreign workers ; Labor market ; Labor mobility
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 83
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Poverty Assessment
    Abstract: Vietnam has achieved remarkable success in reducing poverty while controlling inequality. The country's broad-based growth reflects the government's focus on developing labor-intensive export sectors while investing heavily in human capital that saw the country exceed its peers. However, gains have been concentrated among the Kinh and Hoa ethnic majority, while minority groups have not only continued to experience poverty rates far above the national average, but have seen slower progress too. This report analyzes recent trends in poverty and shared prosperity. It presents the findings of the 2016 Vietnam household and living standards survey (VHLSS), highlighting important progress and identifying new challenges. The report is organized into two main sections. The first section reviews Vietnam's progress in reducing poverty and promoting share prosperity. It describes updated poverty and shared prosperity trends, the nature of economic mobility, and the drivers of poverty reduction. The second section - titled leaving no one behind is more forward-looking, starting by identifying major constraints faced by the poor, then proceeding to lay out challenges for moving the poverty and shared prosperity agenda going forward
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  • 84
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: This report reviews South Africa's recent economic and social developments. It underlines that South Africa's current economic rebound may not be sustained if the fundamental factors undermining its growth potential are not boldly addressed. This includes in particular income inequality, which fuels resource contestation, policy uncertainty and scare private investors of seeing their investments overly taxed and expropriated. Nevertheless, inequalities are increasingly driven by labor markets developments, as opposed to race or location of origin. Policy actions could accelerate a projected decline in inequalities resulting from greater access to education. Using a dynamic computable general equilibrium, the report simulates a number of policy scenarios until 2030. Simulation results suggests that continuing to address corruption, restoring policy certainty in mining, improving the competitiveness of strategic state-owned enterprises, further exposing South Africa's large conglomerates to foreign competition, and facilitating skilled immigration would raise labor demand and create the fiscal space needed to eventually build labor supply from the poor population through education and spatial integration reforms. By 2030, extreme poverty could be almost eradicated and inequalities significantly reduced. And as inequalities decline, the social contract would strengthen and likely encourage further private investment - a possibility not captured in the simulations
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  • 85
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Abstract: The skills for tomorrow's Jobs in Bangladesh attempts to address key skills challenges and identifyopportunities in the backdrop of fast technological and economic changes. It proposes mid to long-term strategic policy options that would contribute to economic growth and job creation in Bangladesh with a focus on post-secondary education and skills development sectors. It aims to inform the Government and the World Bank's jobs agenda. The study draws upon relevant literatures from international and national sources, the government's surveys and education statistics, and analytical works undertaken by the World Bank and other agencies. Moreover, the study was extensively informed and guided by knowledge and insights gathered through the experience from the World Bank funded operations and series of consultations on skills for future jobs with relevant stakeholders in Bangladesh
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  • 86
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Knowledge Economy Study
    Abstract: Coding bootcamps are intensive short-term programs designed to train participants in programming skills to make them immediately employable. They combine characteristics of traditional vocational training programs with the intensity of military bootcamps for new recruits, intermingling socio emotional and tech skills learning in an intense and experiential manner, in what could be referred to as skills accelerators. The authors refer to coding bootcamps in this report as the ready-to-work model. The initiative aims to collect and share examples and lessons of bootcamps in emerging markets, and measure the impact of bootcamp training on youth employment in selected countries. The program seeks to establish a framework of best practice for future projects in technology upskilling in the developing world. This report highlights the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) carried out in Medellin (Colombia), complemented with qualitative studies in Beirut (Lebanon) and Nairobi (Kenya). This report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1 starts with introduction; Chapter 2 describes the intervention in Medellin,including the experimental allocation of training slots to the bootcamp; Chapters 3 and 4 present the qualitative studies in Beirut and Nairobi; The main findings from the three interventions are presented in Chapter 5; and lessons for future impact evaluations are described in Chapter 6
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  • 87
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: In 2017, the Philippines was among the top three growth performers in the East Asia region. Only Vietnam and China performed better. The Philippines growth performance slightly weakened in 2017 to 6.7 percent year-on-year from 6.9 percent in 2016. Growth was anchored in strong exports, while investment growth significantly slowed and consumption growth moderated. The Philippines' annual exports rose sharply in 2017 and became the main engine of economic growth, while imports continued to grow by double-digits. Investment growth slowed in 2017, following two consecutive years of rapid expansion, and climbing inflation slowed real wage growth and contributed to a moderation in private consumption growth
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  • 88
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Abstract: In order to understand a country as large and diverse as Russia, it is extremely important to consider spatial patterns of economic development. As Russia looks for new drivers of economic growth, it is important to understand the structural conditions that have defined economic development in Russia's regions. This report uses the Economic Potential Index (EPI) methodology to identify the conditions that drive regional development. Economic potential is the level of productivity that is possible for a region to achieve given its structural endowments, which are characteristics that are hard to alter in the short run. The methodology used in this report combines quantitative analysis of drivers of productivity across regions with in-depth case studies that focus on the role of regional governments and institutions in converting endowments into economic outcomes. This methodology generates insights that are relevant for both national and regional governments. The first chapter of this report provides an overview of regional development in Russia over the last 25 years and identifies "Russia-specific" national structural conditions that may affect regional development. The second chapter discusses the results of an assessment of economic potential at the regional level and the factors that shape it in Russia. The third chapter focuses on the role of national and regional governance, policy, and institutions in promoting economic development of the regions. The final chapter proposes policy priorities for both regional and national authorities
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  • 89
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Health Study
    Abstract: At present rates, the global 2030 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) targets under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will not be met. Urgent action is needed to speed progress in the two dimensions of UHC, health service coverage and financial protection, and to ensure that no one is left behind. What can be done? First, countries can learn from past experience. This report identifies a set of factors common among countries that made outstanding progress on selected service coverage and financial protection indicators between 2000 and 2015. By adapting proven approaches to their own settings, and by addressing stubborn implementation bottlenecks, countries can accelerate progress towards UHC. Second, even as they benefit from models of success, countries must prepare to manage deeper health system transformation now on the horizon. Spurred by economic, technological, demographic, and epidemiologic forces, these transformations will reshape the landscape in which countries pursue their 2030 UHC goals, creating new risks but also opportunities
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  • 90
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: Industrial production and services growth remained resilient. Inflation has accelerated, primarily due to supply shocks. Monetary policy has been accommodative. Financial sector vulnerability is rising. With a tightening of prudential controls, lending rates are back to double digits. Despite significant recovery in both exports and remittances, the current account deficit widened sharply, driven by a surge in imports. The overall balance of payments swung into deficit for the first time since FY11. Consequently, the exchange rate has depreciated. Interventions to smoothen exchange rate adjustments have eroded foreign exchange reserves. The fiscal deficit has been contained as weak revenue growth was counterbalanced by even weaker growth in expenditures. GDP growth is projected in the 6.5-7 percent range in the medium-term, while macro stability will require heightened vigilance. Poverty reduction has continued but slowed. The amount of poverty reduction achieved by each percent of growth fell by a third. Extreme poverty is projected to fall modestly to 11-12 percent in the medium-term. Downside risks center on the solvency of banks and the run-up to elections elevating instability and policy uncertainty. Going forward, investment and innovation enabling reforms will be key to accelerating development progress
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: The Economic Update (SEU) evaluates the recent (2016-17) growth performance and macroeconomic policies in Senegal, thus providing a basis for the policy dialog with the Government and other stakeholders. The first section of the Economic Update evaluates the drivers of growth and the macroeconomic framework. Three-year perspectives are also included, underlining risks and challenges. The second section evaluates the agricultural sector in more detail focusing on the recent evolution of the agriculture sector and on the impact of public sector involvement
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  • 92
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Water Papers
    Abstract: The report is an advocacy piece to raise awareness around the need to shift the typical way urban water has been managed and to share emerging principles and solutions that may improve urban water supply security in water scarce cities. It aims to promote successes, outline challenges and principles, and extract key lessons learned for future efforts. It builds on the experiences of over 20 water scarce cities and territories from five continents, which represent a diversity of situations and development levels. This report argues that WSS service providers, policy makers, and practitioners should look at their mandate and responsibilities in a new light, and seek to embrace integrated water resources management considerations. Drawing from successful experiences from around the world, it extracts several underlying management principles applied by effective utilities. The report then aims to demystify solutions to address urban water scarcity, comparing and contrasting related institutional, technological, economic and social aspects. It then concludes with cross-cutting considerations relevant to planners, water operators and policy makers of water scarce cities
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  • 93
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    Online Resource
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781315413099
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 293 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Global Africa 1
    DDC: 303.6/9096
    Keywords: Political participation ; Land tenure ; Social conflict History 20th century ; Social conflict History 21st century ; Africa Social conditions 20th century ; Africa Social conditions 21st century ; Africa Politics and government 20th century ; Africa Politics and government 21st century
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 94
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    Online Resource
    London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 131538986X , 1315389878 , 9781315389868 , 9781315389875
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 145 pages)
    Series Statement: Ethnographic survey of Africa volume 1
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tew, Mary Peoples of the Lake Nyasa Region : East Central Africa Part I
    DDC: 305.800967825
    Keywords: Ethnology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Ethnology ; Africa ; Lake Nyasa
    Abstract: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Foreword; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. Region of Mozambique; 1. Yao; 2. Makua-Lomwe; 3. Makonde; II. South-West Nyasa-Zambezia: Maravi Peoples (Nyanja, Cewa, Nsenga); III. North-West Nyasa-Lundazi Region: Tumbuka and Lake Shore Tonga; IV. North Nyasa Region: Ngonde, Nyakyusa, Kinga; V. Ngoni Peoples, Scattered in Small Groups in Areas Occupied by the Above; Bibliography
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 95
    ISBN: 9781349952311
    Language: English
    Pages: xxvi, 925 Seiten , Diagramme
    DDC: 320.96
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    Note: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9781138679887
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 233 Seiten
    Series Statement: Routledge African Studies
    DDC: 302.89600000000002
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    Keywords: Schwarze ; Bürgerrecht ; Soziale Situation ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Literaturangaben
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  • 97
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    Book
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781138220034 , 1138220035
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 293 Seiten , 24 cm
    Series Statement: Global Africa 1
    DDC: 303.6/9096
    Keywords: Politischer Protest ; Sozialer Konflikt ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Literaturangaben
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  • 98
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    Book
    London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781138037700 , 9780367888459
    Language: English
    Pages: xvii, 274 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First published
    Series Statement: Global Africa 5
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.42096
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Alltag, Brauchtum ; Frau ; Geschichte ; Women History ; Women Social conditions ; Sex role History ; African diaspora Social conditions ; Soziale Situation ; Afrikanerin ; Frau ; Afrika ; Africa Social life and customs ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Frau ; Soziale Situation ; Geschichte ; Afrikanerin ; Soziale Situation ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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  • 99
    ISBN: 9781315543819 , 9781134849611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Series Statement: Routledge African studies 22
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.896
    Keywords: Black people Civil rights ; Blacks Civil rights ; Human rights ; African diaspora Social conditions ; Race relations ; Human Rights ; Blacks ; Civil rights ; Africa ; Human rights ; African diaspora ; Social conditions ; Race relations ; Africa ; Race relations ; Electronic books ; Africa Race relations ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: part I. Human rights -- part II. Race, racism, and discrimination -- part III. Discrimination and resistance.
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  • 100
    ISBN: 9781315177717 , 9781351711227
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 274 Seiten) , Illustrationen, 1 Karte
    Series Statement: Global Africa
    DDC: 305.42096
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