Declining soil fertility due to inadequate farming practices, deforestation and overgrazing are among the primary impediments to increased agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. These causal factors, driven by social, economic and political forces, manifest themselves in market, policy...

This is the concluding chapter about a new non-aligned development strategy for Africa. As various African countries break away from neocolonial domination by the Global North, a Pan- African Renaissance becomes a possibility. However, it is a complex process. But startin g with the expanded...

Rapid growth in a number of East Asian economies over the last three decades has been facilitated by an effective strategy of human resource development. The principal element of this strategy has been to provide basic education and health to a wider segment of society. This strategy helped...