The Challenge of African Economic Recovery and Development

Adebayo Adedeji, Owodunni Teriba, Patrick Bugembe, J. Perez De Cuellar

Introduction; Part 1 Africa’s Response to the Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 1 From the Lagos Plan of Action to the Thirteenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sadig Rasheed, Makha D.N. Sarr; Chapter 2 Survey on the Implementation of APPER and UN-PAAERD, Eca Secretariat; Chapter 3 Country Case Studies, Owodunni Teriba; Chapter 4 The Contribution of Subregional Institutions Towards Intra-African Trade, Economic Recovery and Development, Bingu Wa Mutharika; Chapter 5 Regional and Subregional Perspectives, Owodunni Teriba; Part 2 Response of the International Community to the African Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 6 The External Environment and the Prospects for African Economic Recovery and Accelerated Development, A. Ashiabor; Chapter 7 Financing of the Implementation of UN-PAAERD, Sayre P. Schatz; Chapter 8 Africa’s Economic Recovery and Support from the International Community; Chapter 9 Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD Member States, Joseph C. Wheeler; Chapter 10 The United States Assistance Strategy for Africa, Richard J. Haynes, Stephen M. Haykin; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Africa’s Economic Recovery and the Concept of International Economic Security, A.A. Sorokine; Part 3 The Enabling Environment for African Economic Recovery and Transformation; Chapter 12 Historical Perspectives, Joseph Ki-Zerbo; Chapter 13 How Politics Underdevelops Africa, Claude Ake; Chapter 14 The Consequences of Political Destabilization in Southern Africa for Economic Recovery in the Subregion, Siteke G. Mwale; Chapter 15 Gender, Skill and Power, Ali A. Mazrui, Andrew D. White; Chapter 16 African Development Management Reform, David F. Luke; Chapter 17 The Scientific and Technological Environment for African Economic Recovery and Development, Thomas R. Odhiambo; Chapter 18 The Scientific and Technological Perspective for African Economic Recovery and Development, With Particular Emphasis on Environmental Aspects, Mansour Khalid; Part

A special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference.