The handbook presents a comprehensive 'state of the art' overview of African development - past, present and future. Over 60 leading scholars address key core themes and topics which are pertinent to the continent's development - including sections on history, health and food, politics, economics, rural and urban development and development policy and practice

Tony Binns, Kenneth Lynch, Etienne Nel

Contents List of figures List of tables List of boxes List of contributors Section 1 Introduction and context; 1 Introduction Tony Binns, Etienne Nel and Kenneth Lynch 2 African perspectives on development Richard Vokes 3 The African idea of development Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni; Section 2 History; 4 Colonial Africa Erik Green 5 Post-independence Africa: challenges and opportunities Tanya Lyons and David Jolley; Section 3 Social perspectives; 6 Demographic characteristics, migration and employment-seeking behaviour: a case study of Ghana Joseph K. Assan, Dinar D. Kharisma and Afia A. Adaboh 7 Gender and development in Africa: a 50-year journey from women in development to gender justice Hazel Barrett 8 Inequality in Africa Philip Nel 9 Education David Stephens 10 Children Nicola Ansell 11 Diaspora Ben Page and Claire Mercer; Section 4 Health; 12 Health challenges Kenneth Lynch 13 The African HIV/AIDS epidemic: is the end in sight? Hazel Barrett 14 Food insecurity and famine Stephen Devereux 15 Access to essential medicines in Africa Aarti Patel; Section 5 Environment; 16 Water resources and development Clive Agnew 17 Wetlands Alan Dixon 18 Conservation and people Fiona Nunan 19 Ecosystem services in Africa Rebecca Kariuki, Rob Marchant and Simon Willcock; Section 6 Development issues; 20 African development: `Hopeless Africa', `Africa Rising', or somewhere in between? Tony Binns and Etienne Nel 21 Regional integration Olivier Walther 22 The Millennium Development Goals John Briggs 23 Africa's natural resource corner and BRICS Ian Taylor 24 Aid and debt John Serieux 25 Faith in development in sub-Saharan Africa Emma Tomalin and Adriaan van Klinken; Section 7 Rural Africa; 26 Land tenure Jon D. Unruh 27 Deagrarianisation and depeasantisation in Africa Deborah Fahy Bryceson 28 Rural development Simon Milligan and Sam Kareithi 29 Rural marketing in sub-Saharan Africa: some current issues Gina Porter 30 Rural-urban interaction and development in Africa Kenneth Lynch; Section 8 Urban Africa 31 The politics of urban management and planning in African cities Andrea Rigon, Joseph M. Macarthy, Braima Koroma and Alexandre Apsan Frediani 32 Housing in Africa Kamna Patel 33 Perspectives on urban employment in Africa: the case of informal solid waste management in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Danny Simatele 34 Food security in African cities: linking urban food production with good urban governance Alec Thornton 35 The future and Africa's cities Garth Myers; Section 9 Economic perspectives; 36 Africa's extreme uneven development worsens during global economic turmoil Patrick Bond 37 Financial sector development, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Africa David Fielding 38 Agriculture Roy Maconachie 39 Mining Roy Maconachie 40 Supporting the SMME economy of sub-Saharan Africa: a role for business incubation Christian M. Rogerson 41 Africa's tourism economy: uneven progress and challenges Christian M. Rogerson and Jayne M. Rogerson 42 Transport Gina Porter 43 Land-grabbing in Africa Simon Batterbury and Frankline Ndi 44 The economics of and prospects for China's Africa return Lauren A. Johnston; Section 10 Political perspectives on Africa's development; 45 Government: African development beyond `good governance' David Booth 46 Conflict and post-conflict Hazel Cameron 47 Human rights in Africa: impasse, backsliding, or forwards? Peris Jones 48 The International Criminal Court in Africa Jonathan Hobson 49 Corruption Philip Nel; Section 11 Conclusion; 50 Conclusion: looking forward Tony Binns, Etienne Nel and Kenneth Lynch; Index