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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donald SparksPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.195kg ISBN: 9780367498689ISBN 10: 0367498685 Pages: 60 Publication Date: 22 April 2021 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAbout the Author Foreword by Dr Nicholas Westcott Acknowledgements 1 Introduction and Recent Economic Developments 2 External Trends Trade, Regional Co-operation and South-South Linkages Aid, Foreign Debt and Investment 3 Internal Trends Governance, Parastatal Organizations, the Business Environment and the Informal Sector Civil Strife Health, Population and Education The Natural Environment and Climate Change . Physical Infrastructure, the Structure of the Economies and Employment Agriculture, Food Security and the Urban Bias 4 The Way Forward: A Transformation? Appendix: Countries of Africa South of the Sahara, Current GDP and Population BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationDonald L Sparks, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of International Economics at the Citadel in Charleston, SC, USA (where he has been named MBA Professor-of-the-Year three times) and University Lecturer in International Business at the Management Center Innsbruck, Austria. Dr Sparks has served as a Senior Consulting Associate in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the US Department of State. He has been a Fulbright Professor of Economics at the University of Swaziland, now Eswatini, and at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. He was also a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the University of Swaziland. In 2013 he was a Fulbright Specialist in Economics at the African Union Commission’s Department of Economic Affairs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 2019 went to the National University of Laos as a Fulbright Specialist. He was the Department Chairman and Visiting Professor of Economics at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Before beginning his academic career, Dr Sparks served as the Regional Economist for Africa in the Office of Economic Analysis at the US Department of State in Washington, DC and as a Staff Assistant to Senator Ernest F. Hollings. Dr Sparks has published widely, including authoring the `Economic Trends’ chapter in Africa South of the Sahara (Routledge, annual) for each edition for the past 35 years. He has been a consultant for a number of international organizations, including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Council for Namibia, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, and the Economist Intelligence Unit. He received his MA and PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK, and his BA from the George Washington University, USA. Dr Sparks is married to Dr Katherine Saenger and they live in Charleston, South Carolina and Seefeld in Tirol, Austria. They have two grown children and one grandson. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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