Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume I

Sustainability in Infrastructure Development
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-41978-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

This edited volume explores and dissects Africa's economic growth and sustainable development using an optimal conceptual model of the progressive continent's development up to and until 2030. Africa is studied not against the background of developed (OECD) and leading developing (e.g. BRICS) countries, but as a separate economy and as a self-sufficient region which follows its own priorities, and implements its own unique opportunities and vectors of growth and development. This first volume addresses the contemporary and topical issues of inclusive growth, digital modernisation, and sustainable development, recommending policy outcomes for the future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Popkova, Elena G.

Ragulina, Julia V.

Sergi, Bruno S.

Haabazoka, Lubinda

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Sustainability in Infrastructure Development
Chapter 1. Resilient Off-Grid Solar PV Power Supply for Rural CommunitiesChapter 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution in KenyaChapter 3. Engineering Skills Development Through Mega Construction Projects (MCPs)Chapter 4. A Conceptual Review of Factors Influencing Succession in Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Firms in NigeriaChapter 5. Constitutional Bases of Social Rights in South African States and Their Compliance with Generally Accepted International StandardsChapter 6. Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 7.International Commercial Arbitration in African Countries: Development ProspectsChapter 8. Recognition, Enforcement and Challenges of Decisions of the General Court of Justice and Arbitration of the Organization for the Harmonization of Commercial Law in Africa (OHADA)Chapter 9. Role of the Basel and Bamako Conventions in the Fight Against Wastes in AfricaChapter 10. The Impact of Colonial Heritage and Other Factors on Evolution of Legal Regulation of Civil Justice, Arbitrage and Mediation in the West African States Included in the ECOWASChapter 11. The Nature of Customary (Traditional) Law and Customary Courts in ECOWAS CountriesChapter 12. The Role of Agriculture in African Countries as a Direction of Economy DiversificationPart II Infrastructure Project Delivery Systems
Chapter 13. Assessing the Utility of the Retention Bond as an Alternative to Cash Retention for Small-Scale Contractors in ZambiaChapter 14. Issues of Corruption in Construction Projects and Infrastructure Development in Nigeria: An Empirical ApproachChapter 15. Root Causes of Delays in Ghanaian Public Sector Competitive Tendering ProcessChapter 16. Perceived Unethical Engineering in Road Construction in ZambiaChapter 17. Retrospective Analysis of Failure Causes of Small-Scale Contractors’ Business in Zambia: Contractors’ PerspectiveChapter 18. A Skills Measurement Framework for the Construction Industry: A Case of Lusaka ProvinceChapter 19. Suitable Infrastructure Projects for Public Private Partnerships in ZambiaChapter 20. Analysis of the Factors Influencing Residential Housing Consumers’ Location Preferences in UyoChapter 21. Effectiveness of Waste Management Control Systems in BloemfonteinChapter 22. Exploring the Impact of SMME Participation in Township Development ProjectsChapter 23. Indicators of Management Capability in Small and Medium-Sized Construction Organisations: A Literature ReviewChapter 24. Marketing Tools of Implementing the National Oncological Projects in Developing Countries Within the Scenario of Digital Medicine DevelopmentChapter 25. Developing Countries on the Path of Implementing the National Oncological Projects: Market Barriers and Marketing Tools for Overcoming ThemChapter 26. Modern Africa on the Path of Sustainable Development: A View into the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Elena G. Popkova is Leading Researcher at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, and the President of the Institute of Scientific Communications, Russia. She has guest edited for a number of international journals and remains on the editorial board for several more journals.
Bruno S. Sergi is Instructor of the Economics of Emerging Markets and the Political Economy of Russia and China at Harvard University, USA. He is also an Associate of the Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, and teaches Political Economy and International Finance at the University of Messina. Sergi is the Series Editor of Cambridge Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets, the Series Editor of Entrepreneurship and Global Economic Growth, and an Associate Editor of The American Economist.

Lubinda Haabazoka is Director at the University of Zambia’s Graduate School of Business and President of the Economics Association of Zambia, Zambia. He served as Head of the Accounting and Finance Department at the Copperbelt University in Zambia from 2012 to 2016.

Julia V. Ragulina is Head of the Chair of Compliance and Controlling at RUDN University, Russia. She is the author of more than 200 publications, including monographs on state control and audit, state and municipal management, and economics of municipal entities.