Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa

Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa
Author: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030342964

This edited volume addresses the accomplishments, prospects and challenges of regional integration processes on the African continent. Since regional integration is a process that ebbs and flows according to a wide range of variables such as changing political and economic conditions, implications and factors derived from the vagaries of migration and climate change, it is crucial to be cognizant with how these variables impact regional integration initiatives. The contributors discuss the debates on Pan-Africanism and linking it with ongoing discourses and policies on regional integration in Africa. Other aspects of the book contain some of the most important topic issues such as migration, border management and the sustainable development goals. This content offers readers fresh and innovative perspectives on various aspects of sustainable development and regional growth in Africa.

Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa

Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa
Author: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2020-05-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9783030342951

This edited volume addresses the accomplishments, prospects and challenges of regional integration processes on the African continent. Since regional integration is a process that ebbs and flows according to a wide range of variables such as changing political and economic conditions, implications and factors derived from the vagaries of migration and climate change, it is crucial to be cognizant with how these variables impact regional integration initiatives. The contributors discuss the debates on Pan-Africanism and linking it with ongoing discourses and policies on regional integration in Africa. Other aspects of the book contain some of the most important topic issues such as migration, border management and the sustainable development goals. This content offers readers fresh and innovative perspectives on various aspects of sustainable development and regional growth in Africa.

Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa

Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa
Author: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2018-07-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319921800

This edited volume discusses the role of innovation and regional integration in economic development in Africa. Over the past five decades, post-colonial African countries have struggled to break loose from the trap of poverty and underdevelopment through the adoption of various development strategies at regional, national, and continental levels. However, the results of both national and regional efforts at advancing development on the continent have been mixed. Although the importance of agglomeration and fusion of institutions have long been recognized as possible path to achieving economic development in Africa, the approach to regionalism has been unduly focused on market integration, while neglecting other dimensions such as social policy, mobility of labor, educational policy, biotechnology, regional legislation, manufacturing, innovation, and science and technology. This volume investigates the link between innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa, arguing that the immediate and long term development of Africa lies not just in the structural transformation of its economies but in the advancement of scientific and innovation capacities. The book is divided into four parts. Part I addresses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of innovation and regional integration in Africa. Part II presents case studies which examine how regional economic institutions are fostering innovation in Africa. Part III of the book deals with sectoral issues on innovation and integrated development in Africa. Part IV sets the future research on innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa. Combining theoretical analysis and a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, this volume is appropriate for researchers and students interested in economic development, political economy, African studies, international relations, agricultural science, and geography, as well as policymakers in regional economic communities and the African Union.

Regional Integration and Migration in Africa

Regional Integration and Migration in Africa
Author: Vusi Gumede
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004411224

This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book takes a historical and nuanced citizenship approach to integration by analysing regional integration from the perspective of non-state actors and how they negotiate various structures and institutions in their pursuit for life and livelihood in a contemporary context marked by mobility and economic fragmentation.

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs
Author: African Union Commission
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre:
ISBN: 926460653X

Africa’s Development Dynamics uses lessons learned in the continent’s five regions – Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa – to develop policy recommendations and share good practices. Drawing on the most recent statistics, this analysis of development dynamics attempts to help African leaders reach the targets of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 at all levels: continental, regional, national and local.

Region-Building in Africa

Region-Building in Africa
Author: Daniel H. Levine
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2016-05-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137586117

This landmark book is the first of its kind to assess the challenges of African region-building and regional integration across all five African sub-regions and more than five decades of experience, considering both political and economic aspects. Leading scholars and practitioners come together to analyze a range of entwined topics, including: the theoretical underpinnings that have informed Africa's regional integration trajectory; the political economy of integration, including the sources of different 'waves' of integration in pan-Africanism and the reaction to neo-liberal economic pressures; the complexities of integration in a context of weak states and the informal regionalization that often occurs in 'borderlands'; the increasing salience of Africa's relationships with rising extra-regional economic powers, including China and India; and comparative lessons from non-African regional blocs, including the EU, ASEAN, and the Southern Common Market. A core argument of this book, running through all chapters, is that region-building must be recognized as a political project as much as if not more than an economic one; successful region-building in Africa will need to include the complex political tasks of strengthening state capacity (including states' capacity as 'developmental states' that can actively engage in economic planning), resolving long-standing conflicts over resources and political dominance, improving democratic governance, and developing trans-national political structures that are legitimate and inclusive.

Regional Development in Africa

Regional Development in Africa
Author: Norbert Edomah
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-08-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789852374

Regional development is a broad term but can be seen as a general effort to reduce regional disparities by supporting (employment and wealth-generating) economic activities in regions. In the past, regional development policy tended to try to achieve these objectives by means of large-scale infrastructure development and by attracting inward investment” (OECD, 2014).A territorial and regional approach to development is crucial in addressing regional challenges, regional economic competitiveness, and reducing socio-economic discrepancies. This book provides a forum to articulate and discuss Africa’s regional development issues in view of the rising opportunities within the African region. This volume contains 14 chapters and is organized in four sections: Introduction; Industry, Trade and Investment in Africa; Agricultural Services and the Water-energy-food Nexus in Africa; and Environmental and Cultural Dimensions to Africa’s Regional Development.

Africa's Critical Choices

Africa's Critical Choices
Author: Dunod Editeur
Publisher: Europa Regional Perspectives
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780367150518

This volume examines contemporary Africa, a vast continent which, while entering the era of globalization, is also confronted by a number of issues, including the environment and climate change, demographics, trade issues, internal and external migration, education, economic Issues, governance, and the influence of other countries. Written by former Prime Minister of Niger and current Chief Executive Officer of the Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, this book offers an overview of Africa, and looks to the next generation of leaders in the continent, aiming to offer a manifesto for future change.

Regionalism, Security and Development in Africa

Regionalism, Security and Development in Africa
Author: Ernest Toochi Aniche
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9780367694111

Introduction: An Overview of African Regionalism, Security and Development / Ernest Toochi Aniche, Ikenna Mike Alumona and Inocent Mayo -- Conceptualising and Historicising African Regionalism in the Context of Pan-Africanism / Samuel Osagie Odobo -- Beyond Neo-Functionalism: Africa in Search of a New Theory of Regional Integration / Ernest Toochi Aniche -- Foreign Policy Initiatives and Pan-African Regionalism / Victor Chidubem Iwuoha -- Migration and Regional Integration in Africa: Some Critical Disjunctures / -- Inocent Moyo -- Towards a Single African Economic Space: Informal Cross-border trade and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area / Christopher Changwe Nshimbi -- Regional Integration and Trade in the Central and West Africa: ECCAS and ECOWAS in Comparative Perspective / Emeka C. Iloh and Emmanuel C. Ojukwu -- European Union and African Union Internal Coordination and Crisis Management: Some Critical Reflections / Emmanuel de Groof -- African and Latin American Regionalism: Perspectives for Interregionalism and South-South Cooperation / Gladys Lechini and Carla Morasso -- Security Challenges and African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) / -- Jude A. Momodu and Saheed Babajide Owonikoko -- Nationalism, Separatism, Conflicts and Pan-African Integration / Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe and Kayode George -- Insurgency, Terrorism, Militancy, and African Regionalism / Francis Chigozie Chilaka -- Political Succession and Regional Integration in Africa / Ikenna Mike Alumona -- The African Union and Its Expanding Role in Peace Keeping and Conflict Resolution in the Post-Cold War Era / Nicholas Idris Erameh -- Developmental Regionalism and Democratisation in Africa / Ashindorbe Kelvin & Kingsley Chigozie Udegbunam -- Developmental Regionalism Strategies and Gender in Africa: A Study of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) / Omokiniovo Harriet Efanodor-Obeten -- Multilateralism and Regional Trade Agreements: The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) / Stephen Nnaemeka Azom -- Globalisation and Modern African Regionalism / Victor Chibuike Obikaeze.

Politics and Pan-Africanism

Politics and Pan-Africanism
Author: Dawn Nagar
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-12-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1786726394

Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism. The three primary regional economic communities (RECs) that are recognised by the African Union as the key building blocks of a united Africa are examined - these are the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These RECS include Africa's major economies – Egypt, South Africa, and Kenya but are also home to Africa's most conflict prone and volatile states – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia and Lesotho. Providing a detailed overview of the current relationship between these power blocs, this book provides insight into the current state of diplomatic and economic relations within Africa and shows how far there is to go for a future of Pan-Africanism.