Well researched and insightful, this volume examines the historical and contemporary discourse on African development and the continent's place in the global economy. This timely resource is suitable for students and policy makers concerned with development in the African post-colonies.

Contents: Preface; Discourses on development and the global economy: beyond the 'African tragedy', Malinda S. Smith. Part 1 Discourses on Development and Governance: Discourses on development from dependency to neoliberalism, Francis Owusu; Towards a political economy of African development discourse, Jìmí O. Adésínà; Towards a critique of the political economy of NEPAD, Ishmael Lesufi; When 'good economics' does not make good sense, Ian Taylor; Towards humanising governance in the African political space, Adekunle Amuwo; The seductive discourses of development and good governance, Cosmas Mbuh; Global governance of HIV/AIDS and development, Obijiofor Aginam. Part 2 African Development and the Global Economy: Globalization, the Cotonou agreement, and the African Union, Chaldeans Mensah; Gender, Financing for development and poverty reduction, Zo Randriamaro; Accumulating capital for African development, Abdella Abdou; Challenges of foreign direct investment flows to Africa, Simon Pierre Siqué and Jacob W. Musila; The World Trade Organization, global trade and agriculture, Korbla Peter Puplampu; Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and African development, Patience Akpan-Obong; Bibliography; Index.