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Social Conditions in Subsaharan Africa
Roy Carr-Hill
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Description for Social Conditions in Subsaharan Africa
Hardback. Aims to present a critical examination of the available data on the state of human welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book defines the components of human welfare independently of economic growth and considers food, health, fuel, urbanization, women's rights and education. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Sub-Saharan Africa is at the centre of the debate about development and about the relationship between prosperity in the North and poverty in the South. However, the data base for much of the argument is very weak. The purpose of this book is to present an up-to-date picture based on a critical evaluation of several hundred studies. Separate chapters consider food, fuel and water, health and education, and then three cross-cutting issues: urbanisation, women and human rights. The uniqueness of the book is not only in the care with which the data is examined but also in the emphasis upon ... Read more
Sub-Saharan Africa is at the centre of the debate about development and about the relationship between prosperity in the North and poverty in the South. However, the data base for much of the argument is very weak. The purpose of this book is to present an up-to-date picture based on a critical evaluation of several hundred studies. Separate chapters consider food, fuel and water, health and education, and then three cross-cutting issues: urbanisation, women and human rights. The uniqueness of the book is not only in the care with which the data is examined but also in the emphasis upon ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333525890
SKU
V9780333525890
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99-15
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