Resurgent Africa - Structural Transformation in Sustainable Development

'Resurgent Africa: Structural Transformation in Sustainable Development' is a study of structural change dynamics in Africa and its effect on job creation, living standards and the efficiency of productive cities through manufacturing productivity growth that benefit the majority. It provides in-depth analysis and knowledge of Africa's diversified economies by establishing relationships between industrialization trends; rates of urbanization; and urban living standards, income growth and employment in Africa.

List of contents

1. Understanding the Pathways of Africa's Diversified Economies; 2. Growth Pathway: Skipping the Industrial Phase in Africa; 3. Losing the Urban Advantage; 4. Industrialization and Urban Living Standards; 5. Growth and Employment in Africa; 6. Industrialization and Urban Living Standards in Africa; 7. Mapping Africa's Growth Pathways; Index.

About the author

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka works in the African Development Bank as the Special Advisor on Industrialization to the President and has served in the United Nations system for close to two decades in myriad roles and positions.

Product details

• Authors: Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyelaran-Oyeyinka Banji
• Assisted by: Akinwunmi Ayodeji Adesina (Foreword)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781785273445
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-344-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Anthem Studies in Innovation and Development
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Political Economy, Development economics & emerging economies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Development economics and emerging economies