African economic development

Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Part A. Analyzing the African experience. Dimensions of development: geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development: growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Part B. Human resources in Africa. Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development: education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Part C. Sustaining African economic development. Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans. Part D. Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance: the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.