Africa`s last colonial currency, Pigeaud, Fanny Sylla, Ndongo Samba

Автор: Sylla Ndongo
Название: The Fair Trade Scandal: Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich
ISBN: 0821420925 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821420928
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Описание: In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions across the globe. This book offers an insider`s view of how fair trade improves - or doesn`t - the lot of the world`s poorest.

Автор: , Pigeaud Fanny, Sylla Ndongo Samba
Название: Africa`s Last Colonial Currency: The Cfa Franc Story
ISBN: 0745341780 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780745341781
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Описание: How the CFA Franc enabled France to continue its colonies in Africa

Автор: Sylla, Ndongo Samba
Название: Liberalism and its discontents
ISBN: 1499324758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781499324754
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Описание: The engaging and wide-ranging discussions published here explore contemporary political realities in Africa through a 'social movement' lens. Detailing the nuances of social movement politics in 12 West African countries during the 2010-2013 period, they present a chronicle of the socio-political struggles that have taken place in the region. In so doing, this volume answers key questions related to these movements. What logic drives them? What forms do they take? What has been their political impact? Can we speak of a resurgence of social movements? If so, are these a response to the crisis of 'representative democracy'? Did they give rise to new forms of expression and democratic participation? What challenges do they bring? Discontent vis- -vis liberalism in its political and economic dimensions seems to be the trigger of the numerous popular uprisings and protests that occur in the region. In spite of their ambiguities and limitations, these struggles currently seek to remove a double disconnect: that between citizens and the 'representatives' and that between the economy and society, between what capital wants and what the people aspire to. Ndongo Samba Sylla, the editor of this volume, is a Senegalese economist, programme and research manager at the West Africa Office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Author of The Fair Trade Scandal. Marketing poverty to benefit the Rich (translated from French by Pluto Press 2014), he is the editor of "Rethinking Development" (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation 2014). His recent research work deals with the history of the word 'democracy'. Contributing authors: Ibrahim Abdullah - Souley Adji - Kojo Opoku Aidoo - Francis Akind s - Alpha Amadou Bano Barry - Fernando Leonardo Cardoso - Lila Chouli - Modou Diome - Moussa Fofana - Cl udio Alves Furtado - George Klay Kieh Jr - Claus-Dieter K nig - Severin Yao Kouam - Fod Mane - Issa N'Diaye - Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem - Ndongo Samba Sylla

Автор: Sylla, Ndongo Samba
Название: Rethinking development
ISBN: 1493713248 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493713240
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Описание: From the single party model to "representative democracy", from structural adjustment policies to reforms on enhancing "competitiveness" and improving the "business environment", almost all fashionable political and economic models have been experimented on the African continent. Yet, they all clearly failed, as attested by the majority of socio-economic indicators in the areas of nutrition, health, education, employment, etc. According to UN forecasts, Africa will account for a quarter of the world's population by 2050. If Africa is still unable to adequately address the problems faced by its billion inhabitants, how will it do it when its population doubles? Beyond the critique of neo-liberalism, there is therefore a pressing need to reflect about alternatives that will help Africa back out of this dead-end and find its own path. This is the perspective adopted by this book edited by Ndongo Samba Sylla, which compiles contributions of experts on Africa's development issues. Can democracy help to achieve the changes that Africans aspire to? If yes, under what conditions? Otherwise, what is the alternative? How can Africa break with neo-colonial practices that prevent its political, economic and cultural emancipation? What role is there for women in these processes? In view of the paralysis and treason of elites, can social movements be harbingers of the much-awaited radical shifts? What contribution could the private media bring in implementing people-centred alternatives? Rethinking Development attempts to provide answers to these essential questions.