Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa. In many cases, however, this recognition has not resulted in the empowerment of African women, who still face great discrimination. This edited volume explores the contributions women have made to all phases of development-planning, design, construction, implementation, and operation-and the obstacles they have had to face. Besides analyzing the current situation and identifying trends, the contributors also make recommendations for policy reform and for future planning.

Analyzes the pivotal role of women in the development processes of African countries.

About the Author

VALENTINE UDOH JAMES is the Director of the African Studies Program and Associate Professor of Social Science at Kalamazoo College. He specializes in environmental planning in developing countries and has published numerous books and articles on development and environmental issues in Africa, including Resource Management in Developing Countries (Greenwood, 1991) and Sustainable Development in Third World Countries (Praeger, 1996).

JAMES S. ETIM is Associate Professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University. He taught for several years at the University of Jos, Nigeria, where he was also the Head of the Department of Curriculum Studies.

Book Information
ISBN 9780275959463
Author James S. Etim
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc