African Development and Europe (eBook)

Report of a Seminar of the International Student Movement for the United Nations, Cambridge, March 1966

John Burley, Peter Tregear (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
186 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-5105-2 (ISBN)

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African Development and Europe focuses on various areas of cooperation between Europe and Africa with respect to development, including agricultural and industrial development, technological cooperation, and political relationships. Topics covered include the diversification of African agriculture and the role of private investors in African development, along with changes in trading relations between Europe and Africa. Problems of rural development and the role of the civil service in development are also discussed. This book is comprised of 11 chapters and begins by providing a background on African agriculture, including its diversification and the agricultural revolution in West African countries. The discussion then turns to the establishment of an industrial complex in Africa; the contribution of the private investor to African development; the importance of manpower and management in Africa's industrial development; and changes in commercial relations between Europe and Africa. The activities carried out by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Africa are also discussed. The final chapter deals with the political relations between Africa and Europe, paying particular attention to Pan-Africanism and how Africa's dependence on Europe affects the pace towards Pan-African unity. This monograph will be of interest to diplomats, politicians, policymakers, and postgraduate students concerned with international relations.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
African Development and Europe 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Content 6
Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant 8
Foreword 10
Introduction 12
Biographical Notes on the Principal Contributors 16
Chapter 1. The Diversification of African Agriculture 18
Chapter 2. The Agricultural Revolution in French West Africa1 32
1. Characteristics of the African Economy 32
2. The Agricultural "Revolution" 36
Discussion1 42
Chapter 3. The Establishment of an Industrial Complex 46
POWER 47
RAW MATERIALS 47
COMMUNICATIONS 48
LABOUR 48
MARKETS 48
CAPITAL 49
Chapter 4. The Private Investorin African Development 58
1. Introduction 58
2. The Host Country 60
3. The Investor 62
4· The Investor's Country 65
5. The Negotiations 66
6. Case Study 68
7. Conclusion 73
Discussion 78
Chapter 5. Manpower and Management in the Strategy of Industrial Development 80
Discussion 96
Chapter 6. The Changes in Trading Relations Between Europe and Africa1 98
Introduction 98
1. The System of Commercial Exchange: The Association 100
2. Trade within the Framework of the Association in Relation to World Trade 112
3. Recent Structural Changes in Trade between EEC and Africa 121
Discussion 134
Chapter 7. The UN Institute for Training and Research, and the Administrative Problems of Development 136
Development Financing 138
Mobilisation of Management 141
Technical Assistance 146
Chapter 8. The Civil Service and Development 150
Discussion 158
Chapter 9. Problems of Rural Development 162
REPORT OF COMMISSION 162
1. Agricultural Production 162
2. Marketing of Rural Agricultural Products 163
3. Social Policy 163
4. Capital Formation 165
5. Trade 165
6. Other Points Raised 166
Chapter 10. Co-operation in the impact of Technological Change 168
REPORT OF COMMISSION 168
Introduction 168
1. Transition from a Pre-technical to a Technological Society 168
2. Social and Cultural Aspects of Technological Change 170
3. Education and Training 171
4. International Co-operation 172
Chapter 11. Afro-European Political Relationships 176
REPORT OF COMMISSION 176
Pan-Africanism 176
Africa and Europe 177
Bibliography 180
Index 182

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-5105-0 / 1483151050
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-5105-2 / 9781483151052