{"product_id":"africa-emerges-consummate-challenges-abundant-opportunities-paperback-softback-9780745661636","title":"Africa Emerges; Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745661636","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfrica Emerges\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConsummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Rotberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745661636, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rotberg's contribution is timely and reflects the decades of work he has done on the continent.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As world renowned expert on African affairs Robert Rotberg expertly shows, Africa may be poised to deliver real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it faces critical new crises.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrica Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Rotberg's work is an elegant tour de force, sweeping all contemporary Africa into its view and establishing not just the continent's well-known faults but the real hopes for its future. Honest and provocative, Rotberg has combined deep knowledge with real common sense.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Chan, School of Oriental and African Studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Robert Rotberg has been one of the leading chroniclers of sub-Saharan Africa for decades. \u003ci\u003eAfrica Emerges\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive book that manages to survey a continent while being sensistive to nuance. Rotberg in an optimistic but unromantic manner paints a possible future for African countries that would, if adopted, transform the lives of tens of millions of people.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Herbst, Colgate University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"The book provides a useful and informative insight into many developments that have had a positive effect upon millions of African people.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled ‘dark continent.’ Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and appears ready to play an important role in world affairs. Thanks to shifts in leadership and governance, an African renaissance could be at hand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Yet the road ahead is not without obstacles. As world renowned expert on African affairs, Robert Rotberg, expertly shows, Africa today maybe poised to deliver real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it faces critical new crises as well as abundant new opportunities. \u003ci\u003eAfrica Emerges\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a wealth of empirical data to explore the key challenges Africa must overcome in the coming decades. From peacekeeping to health and disease, from energy needs to education, this illuminating analysis diagnoses the remaining impediments Africa will need to surmount if it is to emerge in 2050 as a prosperous, peaceful, dynamic collection of robust large and small nations. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfrica Emerges\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unparalleled guide for all those interested in the dynamics of modern Africa’s political, economic, and social development.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: A Continent on the Move 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Myriad Challenges and Opportunities 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Demographic Dividend or Just More People? 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Tropical Dilemmas: Disease, Water, and More 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Educating Future Generations 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 To War Rather than to Prosper 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Accountability and the Wages of Corrupt Behavior 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Infrastructural Imperative 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Harnessing Mobile Telephone Capabilities 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 China Drives Growth 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Strengthening Governance 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Creating Responsible Leadership 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 216\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography 244\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 252\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407326638360,"sku":"9780745661636","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745661636.jpg?v=1784162192","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/africa-emerges-consummate-challenges-abundant-opportunities-paperback-softback-9780745661636","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}