Eastern and southern Africa : development challenges in a volatile region / edited by Deborah Potts and Tanya Bowyer-Bower.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Potts, Deborah (Deborah Helen) (Editor), Bowyer-Bower, T. A. S. (Tanya A. S.) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Series:DARG regional development series ; no. 4.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Contributors; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; 1 Development challenges and debates in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Eastern and southern Africa: defining a diverse region; Global political economy changes: regional perspectives; Development challenges in the region; Development theory and development debates; 2 Demographic change in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Population size; Mortality; Age-sex structure. 
505 8 |a Family structureConcluding remarks; 3 Structural adjustment in eastern and southern Africa: the tragedy of development; False dawn: a brief history of the first two decades; Triumph of market-Leninism over Marxist-Leninism; Stabilisation or adjustment?; A taxonomy of countries in the region; Conclusion; 4 The persistence of poverty; Poverty in context; Poverty measurement; Poverty trends; Food and hunger; Healthcare; Education; The debt issue; Conclusions; 5 Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management; 'Wild' plant and animal resources: biophysical determinants of availability. 
505 8 |a Common uses of 'natural resources' and relevance for livelihoodsTenure and access rights; Indigenous knowledge, resources and trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs); Conservation of natural resources: from criminals to community; Some thoughts for the future ... ; 6 Agricultural production in eastern and southern Africa: issues and challenges; The current status of agricultural production; Macro-environmental operating conditions for agriculture; Population growth; The political economy environment; Micro-environmental operating conditions for agriculture; Future prospects. 
505 8 |a 7 Water resources and development challenges in eastern and southern AfricaPhysical setting; Estimation of renewable water resources; Use of water resources; Supply and demand -- the water stress index; Quality of water resources; Hydropolitics of transboundary watercourses; Alleviating water scarcity -- interbasin water transfers and 'virtual water'; Concluding discussion -- future challenges; 8 Desertification in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Developments in the understanding of desertification; Desertification today. 
505 8 |a Contemporary implications of desertification for development in eastern and southern AfricaCauses of desertification; Conclusion; 9 Geographies of governance and regional politics; Introduction: geographical analysis and African politics; Key themes and issues in national, regional and international (geo)politics; States and regional (dis)integration: imagining 'development' communities; Democratisation and conflict resolution in global political and economic context; Conclusions: Co-operation, corruption and complexity in African politics. 
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651 0 |a Africa, Southern  |x Economic conditions. 
651 0 |a Africa, Eastern  |x Politics and government  |y 1960- 
651 0 |a Africa, Southern  |x Politics and government. 
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650 7 |a Politics and government.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01919741. 
651 7 |a Eastern Africa.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01696894. 
651 7 |a Southern Africa.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01239519. 
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