The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

ISBN-13: 9783030465896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 421 str.

Jakkie Cilliers

Spis treści

Chapter 1: The Growing Gap

Chapter 2: Africa’s Current Path

Chapter 3: Health

Chapter 4: Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend

Chapter 5: Wanted – A Revolution in Agriculture

Chapter 6: Boosting Education

Chapter 7: Poverty, Inequality and Growth

Chapter 8: Changing Productive Structures

Chapter 9: The Future of Work in Africa

Chapter 10: Technological Innovation and the Power of Leapfrogging

Chapter 11: Trade and Growth

Chapter 12: Prospects for Greater Peace

Chapter 13: Good Governance, Democracy and Development

Chapter 14: Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment 

Chapter 15: Climate Change

Chapter 16: Conclusion

O autorze

Jakkie Cilliers is the founder of the Institute for Security Studies. He now serves as head of the African Futures and Innovation program and chair of the ISS Board of Trustees. He is an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Blurb

This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization, technological leapfrogging, increased trade, greater stability, better governance and external support. The book reviews the future of work/jobs, poverty and the impact of climate change. A combined Closing the Gap scenario presents a forecast of what could be possible by 2040. Each chapter suggests which policies might accelerate prospects for each sector. Written in an accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this textbook introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa.

Jakkie Cilliers is the founder of the Institute for Security Studies. He now serves as head of the African Futures and Innovation program and chair of the ISS Board of Trustees. He is an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.