Regional Development in Africa
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 infrastr...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-676422024-03-30T02:53:58Z Regional Development in Africa Edomah, Norbert Development economics & emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies 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. 2021-04-20T16:20:55Z 2021-04-20T16:20:55Z 2020 book ONIX_20210420_9781789852387_3002 9781789852387 9781789852370 9781838800635 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/67642 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/8478/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.78853 10.5772/intechopen.78853 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781789852387 9781789852370 9781838800635 IntechOpen 260 open access |
| spellingShingle | Development economics & emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies Regional Development in Africa |
| title | Regional Development in Africa |
| title_full | Regional Development in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Regional Development in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Development in Africa |
| title_short | Regional Development in Africa |
| title_sort | regional development in africa |
| topic | Development economics & emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies |
| topic_facet | Development economics & emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies |
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