Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect

Africa's Development Beyond 2015

Khalema, Nene Ernest; Assie-Lumumba, N'Dri T.; Andrews, Nathan

Springer International Publishing AG

10/2016

322

Mole

Inglês

9783319363455

15 a 20 dias

534

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Preface by Prof. Philomina Okeke-Iherjirika (Women Studies Program, University of Alberta).- Chapter 1: Introduction: MDGs in Retrospect in Africa (by editors).- PART 1: VULNERABILITIES, POVERTY & EMPOWERMENT.- Chapter 2: Social Protection: An alternative or not for Africa's Post-2015 Development Agenda? - Julie Drolet (University of Calgary).- Chapter 3: Are We Able to Lift the Downtrodden? The MDGs and Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ghana - Patricia Serwaa Afrifa (Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana).- Chapter 4: Urbanization and Poverty in Kinshasa: Thinking Beyond the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - Clement Longondjo Etambakonga (University of the Witwatersrand/Johannesburg).- Chapter 5: Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger: The case of Children in South African families in the Mpumalanga Province. Monde Makiwane (Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa).- Chapter 6: Empowering Local Institutions for Better Outcomes from Large-Scale Agricultural Investments in Nigeria - Evans S. Osabuohien (Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria).- PART 2: EDUCATION & GENDER.- Chapter 7: Millennium Development in Retrospect: Higher Education in Africa's Development Beyond 2015 - N'Dri T. Assie-Lumumba.- Chapter 8: Funding Quality Education in Rural Central Tanzania: A Case for Social Entrepreneurship - Serena Koisaaba (Independent Researcher, U.S.A.).- Chapter 9: The African Gender Development Gap: Rethinking Strategies to achieve MDG's - Stephen Macharia Magu (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA).- Chapter 10: Climate Change: Vulnerbility and Adaptation, A Case Study of Men and Women Farmers in Eritrea - Yordanos Tesfamariam (University of Regina).- PART 3: MDGs & THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF HEALTH.- Chapter 11: Dimension of childhood development within the Millennium Development Goals: The role of water-related characteristics in reducing the burden of childhood diseases in South Africa - Furzana Timol (Human Sciences Research Council and University of KwaZulu-Natal).- Chapter 12: Culture, Traditions and Maternal Health: A community Approach towards Improved Maternal Health - Mary Ssonko Nabacwa et al. (Uganda Christian University).- Chapter 13: (Ad)dressing Sexual Reproductive Health Issues and its Determinants in Eight Priority Areas of South Africa: Evidence from a Situational Analysis of Millennium Development Goals in KZN and EC - Nene Ernest Khalema (Human Sciences Research Council and University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa).- Chapter 14: Civil Society Activism for the Prevention and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases in South Africa: Implications for Policy and Practice. Catherine Ndinda (Human Science Research Council and University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa).- PART 4: POST-2015: PARTNERSHIPS & AID.- Chapter 15: Developing global partnership for development: Chinese investments in Africa and impacts on sustainable development - Daouda CISSE (Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa).- Chapter 16: Aid Effectiveness and Development Policies in Botswana: A Successful Story" - Cristian Talesco (Hong Kong Polytechnic University).- PART 5: POST 2015: GOVERNANCE & DEVELOPMENT.- Chapter 17: Evaluating women's political participation and the impact on sustainable, socio-economic development - Stephen Macharia Magu (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA).- Chapter 18: From Rhetoric to Reality: Bridging the gap between Aspiration for Democracy and Governance Performance in Nigeria and South Africa - Patrick Oluwole Ojo (Afe Babalola University).- Chapter 19 Trusting the Coalface: Public Trust in South African Local Government and the Millennium Development Goals - Steven Gordon (University of Kwazulu Natal and Human Sciences Research council).- Chapter 20: Democratic political leadership and governance: Envisioning a post 2015 development Agenda in Africa: Uganda as a case study - Evelyn Mayanja (University of Manitoba).- Chapter 21: Conclusion: Africa Beyond 2015 - MDGs Prospects, its Discontents, and Implications (editors with Dr. Monde Makiwane).
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A comprehensive picture of the Millennium Development Goals;Africa's Development Beyond 2015;Aid Effectiveness and Development Policies in Botswana;Climate Change: Vulnerbility and Adaptation;Envisioning a post 2015 development Agenda in Africa;Funding Quality Education in Rural Central Tanzania;Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect;Post-MDG's agenda for Africa's development;Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger;The MDGs and Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ghana;The current state of the MDGs in Africa;The impact of the Millennium Development Goals;Urbanization and Poverty in Kinshasa