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Vol. 1: Programme of action and conference proceedings, 275 S., ISBN 91-7106-062-6; Vol. 2: Papers and documents, 346 S., ISBN 91-7106-063-4

Review.

THERE IS A NEED FOR A SUSTAINED ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER OF SOUTH AFRICA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD AND THEIR PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A RANGE OF DATA DESCRIBING POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE, INFRASTRUCTUAL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INVESTMENT PRESENCE IN AFRICA. IT THEN ANALYZES THESE PATTERNS WITHIN A WORLD-SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE AND PRESENTS A CRITIQUE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S CURRENT TRADE DIPLOMACY.

Africa : progress and problems -- Governance and leadership in Africa -- Ecological issues -- Aids and health issues -- Poverty and economic issues -- Education in Africa -- Human rights in Africa -- Wars in Africa -- Religion in Africa -- Helping Africa help itself : a global effort -- Ethnic groups in Africa -- Population and overcrowding -- The making of Africa -- Islam in Africa

Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 Trends in economic growth and per capita income, 1980-98 -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Trade liberalization -- The liberalization of capital flows -- Table 1 Average weighted import tariff rates -- Global integration of the South African economy -- Figure 2 Trade flows and openness, 1980-97 -- Figure 3 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment flows, 1980-98 -- Figure 4 Sectoral and geographic composition of FDI inflows, 1994-98 -- Table 2 Foreign trading of equities, 1991-98 -- Table 3 International comparison of number of Internet hosts for selected middle-income countries, July 1998 -- Conclusion -- B. AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRESS INDICATORS -- Employment and unemployment -- Table 4 Poverty rate and social indicators by population group, 1993 -- Table 5 International comparison of social indicators for selected middle-income countries, 1997 -- Figure 5 Non-agricultural employment, 1980-98 -- Figure 6 South Africa: Studies on the social dimensions Public sector Mining Manufacturing Public sector Mining Manufacturi -- Figure 7 Employment, value added and labour productivity growth in the non-agricultural sector, 1980-98 -- Table 6 Unemployment and employment rates by population group and sex, 1994-97 -- Wages -- Table 7 Unemployment by education and sex, 1995 -- Table 8 Trends in real wages and labour productivity, 1990-97 -- Figure 8 Relative wages by population group and economic sector, 1980-97 -- Income distribution -- Table 9 Indicators of income distribution in selected middle-income countries -- Table 10 Income inequality by population group, 1990 1 and 1995 -- Unequal opportunities.

India in Africa, Africa in India traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many examples of cultural flows that belie our understanding of globalization as a recent phenomenon. This region has had, and continues to have, an internal integrity that touches the lives of its citizens in their commerce, their cultural exchanges, and their concepts of each other and of themselves in the world. These connections have deep historical roots, and their dynamics are not attributable solely to the effects of European colonialism, modernity, or contemporary globalization--although these forces have left their mark. The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume come from the fields of history, literature, dance, sociology, gender studies, and religion, making this collection unique in its recreation of an entire world too seldom considered as such.

Financing Africa's development requires ingenuity, discipline, and an understanding of fiscal systems - the entirety of government revenues and expenditures, including taxation and debt. This book makes fascinating what might seem at first glance complex. It describes diverse approaches that have been adjusted to local circumstances across the continent and reflects on the push to unite and harmonise toward African union. Africa is rich, yet resources are lost through loopholes in fiscal systems. Financial resources come from the people, are not unlimited, and do not come easily or without cost. Africans must therefore cherish these resources and use them in nation-building and national and regional development. Efficient, effective, transparent and accountable fiscal systems that are fair and just will go a long way toward financing Africa's development. Using examples from all of Africa's 54 countries, the book makes fiscal matters real and understandable for people, no matter their field. It demonstrates the importance of fiscal law and policy for development and the impact it has on individuals, communities, nations, regional groupings, and the continent.

The book discusses Everyday life and practices in the Islamic sub-culture of Sudan; Islam in South Africa; Islamic associations and the Islamist press in Senegal; Conversion to Islam in 19th century Tanzania; Islam, charismatic preachers in colonial Casamance; German colonial policies towards Muslim communities in German East Africa; The spread of Islam in Adamawa; Islamic higher education in West Africa; The graduates of the Islamic Universities in Benin.