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Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa Governance as the Missing Link PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY A Comprehensive Publication Program EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID H. ROSENBLOOM Distinguished Professor of Public Administration American University, Washington, DC Founding Editor JACK RABIN RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa: Governance as the Missing Link, Louis A. Picard, Terry F. Buss, Taylor B. Seybolt, and Macrina C. Lelei Information and Communication Technologies in Public Administration: Innovations from Developed Countries, Christopher G. Reddick and Leonidas Anthopoulos Creating Public Value in Practice: Advancing the Common Good in a Multi-Sector, Shared-Power, No-One-Wholly-in-Charge World, edited by John M. Bryson, Barbara C. 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Berman Making Multilevel Public Management Work: Stories of Success and Failure from Europe and North America, edited by Denita Cepiku, David K. Jesuit, and Ian Roberge Available Electronically PublicADMINISTRATIONnetBASE http://www.crcnetbase.com/page/public_administration_ebooks Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa Governance as the Missing Link Edited by Louis A. Picard • Terry F. Buss Taylor B. Seybolt • Macrina C. Lelei CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2015 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Version Date: 20150323 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4822-5543-0 (eBook - PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. 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Seybolt, Potter B. Seybolt, and Reed C. Seybolt. Macrina C. Lelei dedicates this book to her wonderful parents who have always provided her with guidance, love, and support, and to her beloved children who give her reason to wake up and go to work each day. I love you all very much. Contents Preface ............................................................................................................xi Acknowledgments .......................................................................................xiii Editors ...........................................................................................................xv Contributors ................................................................................................xvii SeCtion i oVeRVieW 1 Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa: A Governance Perspective ......................................................................3 LOUIS A. PICARD AND MACRINA C. LELEI SeCtion ii FoReiGn AiD GoALS AnD PRACtiCeS 2 Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability ...........................................................23 CHRIS BELASCO, TERRY F. BUSS, AND LOUIS A. PICARD 3 Aid, Institutions, and Human Development ........................................47 CHRIS BELASCO, TERRY F. BUSS, AND LOUIS A. PICARD 4 Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies .............................................................................73 PETER BUCKI, SIMON CALLAGHAN, UMAIR KHALID, CHRIS MORONY, JEREMY PHILLIPS, ARIUNBILIG TSEDENDAMBA, ANA VARELA, AND TERRY F. BUSS 5 How U.S. Africa Command Conducts Assessments .............................93 N. CLARK CAPSHAW AND JEFFREY W. BASSICHIS vii viii ◾ Contents SeCtion iii SUStAinABLe DeVeLoPMent CHALLenGeS 6 Why Population Dynamics Matter for Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa ....................................................111 CLIVE MUTUNGA 7 Building Local Capacity and Creating Awareness in Conserving the Mau Forest and Water Resources .................................................121 JOSEPH S. CHACHA 8 Toward Environmental Sustainability: The Case of the Torgorme Irrigation Project in Ghana ................................................................133 JOSEPH K. ADJAYE AND KWESI KORBOE SeCtion iV iDentitY AnD GoVeRnAnCe 9 Sub-Nationalist Movements in Africa: Implications for Governance and Sustainable Development ........................................151 JOSHUA B. FORREST 10 Identity Politics, Governance, and Development in Africa ................175 JOHN F. CLARK 11 Religious Movements, Governance, and Development in Africa ..............................................................................................195 WILLIAM F. S. MILES SeCtion V GoVeRnAnCe AnD DeVeLoPMent 12 Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Ghana: An Exploratory Micro-Level Study ....................................................211 ISAAC ADDAI, CHRIS OPOKU-AGYEMAN, AND SARAH KAFUI AMANFU 13 Developing Hearts and Land: A Case Study of Reconciliation, Governance, and Development in Rwanda ........................................233 ZACHARY A. KARAZSIA 14 Violence, Development, and Democracy in South Africa ..................249 ELKE ZUERN 15 Evaluating Governance Programs: Donors and Political Parties in Morocco .............................................................................269 BARRY AMES, LOUIS A. PICARD, AND MIGUEL CABRERA Contents ◾ ix 16 Fiscal Responsibility, Sustainability, and Governance: Local Government Financing in South Africa .............................................297 THOMAS MOGALE AND LOUIS A. PICARD SeCtion Vi ConCLUSion 17 Governance and Development in Africa .............................................315 TAYLOR B. SEYBOLT Index ...........................................................................................................325
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