Development, Democracy & Cohesion: Critical Essays with Insights on Sierra Leone and wider Africa Contexts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789991054391)

Development is not just an economic issue or improvements in GDP and household incomes; it is also about social protection and how power and social differences are organised and managed for the benefit of all. With insights on Sierra Leone and wider Africa contexts, the 45 essays in this volume throw light on the challenges of building developmental, democratic and cohesive states and societies. Written in accessible prose, it targets the general reader and draws on a rich body of development research and policy analysis spanning more than 40 years. Issues as diverse as poverty, inequality, employment, natural resource governance, social policy, financing development, state reform, gendered development, Ebola, female circumcision, electoral politics, the Arab Spring, ethnicity, civil war and security are treated with fresh and engaging insights.

Author: Yusuf Bangura
ISBN-10: 9991054391
ISBN-13: 9789991054391
Publisher: Sierra Leonean Writers Series
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2016
Pages: 402
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d