A special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference.

Introduction; Part 1 Africa's Response to the Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 1 From the Lagos Plan of Action to the Thirteenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sadig Rasheed, Makha D.N. Sarr; Chapter 2 Survey on the Implementation of APPER and UN-PAAERD, Eca Secretariat; Chapter 3 Country Case Studies, Owodunni Teriba; Chapter 4 The Contribution of Subregional Institutions Towards Intra-African Trade, Economic Recovery and Development, Bingu Wa Mutharika; Chapter 5 Regional and Subregional Perspectives, Owodunni Teriba; Part 2 Response of the International Community to the African Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 6 The External Environment and the Prospects for African Economic Recovery and Accelerated Development, A. Ashiabor; Chapter 7 Financing of the Implementation of UN-PAAERD, Sayre P. Schatz; Chapter 8 Africa's Economic Recovery and Support from the International Community; Chapter 9 Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD Member States, Joseph C. Wheeler; Chapter 10 The United States Assistance Strategy for Africa, Richard J. Haynes, Stephen M. Haykin; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Africa's Economic Recovery and the Concept of International Economic Security, A.A. Sorokine; Part 3 The Enabling Environment for African Economic Recovery and Transformation; Chapter 12 Historical Perspectives, Joseph Ki-Zerbo; Chapter 13 How Politics Underdevelops Africa, Claude Ake; Chapter 14 The Consequences of Political Destabilization in Southern Africa for Economic Recovery in the Subregion, Siteke G. Mwale; Chapter 15 Gender, Skill and Power, Ali A. Mazrui, Andrew D. White; Chapter 16 African Development Management Reform, David F. Luke; Chapter 17 The Scientific and Technological Environment for African Economic Recovery and Development, Thomas R. Odhiambo; Chapter 18 The Scientific and Technological Perspective for African Economic Recovery and Development, With Particular Emphasis on Environmental Aspects, Mansour Khalid; Part 4 Structural Change and Long-Term Development In Africa; Chapter 19 Structural Trends in African Economies, Abdelatif Benachenhou; Chapter 20 Structural Change and Transformation of African Economies, Adedotun O. Phillips; Chapter 21 Measures and Mechanisms for a New Momentum for African Economic Recovery and Development, H. M. A. Onitiri; Chapter 22 General Framework for an Analysis of Economic Adjustment Programmes in Africa with Reference to the Rural Sector, S. C. Nana-Sinkam; Chapter 23 Report on the International Conference on Growth and Structural Adjustment in Africa, Idep Secretariat; Chapter 24 Growth and Structural Change in Africa, Essam Montasser; Chapter 25 The Interlinkage Between Agricultural Revolution and Industrialization, Samir Amin; Part 5 African Economic Co-operation and Integration; Chapter 26 The Essential Role of Regional and Subregional Institutions in African Economic Co-operation and Integration, Makhtar Diouf; Chapter 27 Economic Integration, Arthur D. Hazlewood; Chapter 28 The Dilemma of Increased Economic Co-operation Among African Countries, Walter J. Kamba; Chapter 29 Economic Co-operation in Africa, J.M. Mwanza; Chapter 30 Variable Geometry or Comprehensive Automaticity? Strategies and Experience of Regional Co-operation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Peter Robson; Chapter 31 The Challenge of Economic Integration in Africa, Louis Sangare; Part 6 The Long-Term Prospects of Co-operation Between Africa and the International Community; Chapter 32 Issues in and Prospects for Co-operation Between Africa and the International Community, Timothy M. Shaw, Jerker Carlsson; Chapter 33 The Challenge to the International Community of Sustaining Africa's Economic Recovery, Adebayo Adedeji; Chapter 34 Prospects of Implementation of UN-PAAERD by the International Community, John W. Sewell, Anthony W. Gambino; Chapter 35 Long-Term Prospects for Co-operation Between Africa and the International Community, Commonwealth Secretariat; Chapter 36 Africa, Albert Tevoedjre; Part 7 Epilogue; Chapter 37 Will Africa Ever Get Out of its Economic Doldrums?, Adebayo Adedeji; appendix Abuja Statement on Economic Recovery and Long-Term Development in Africa;