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Internationally driven development programmes have not been entirely successful in transforming the economic status of African countries. Since the late 1990s many African countries have started to take initiatives to develop an integrated framework that tackles poverty and promotes socio-economic development in their respective countries.This book provides a critical evaluation of homegrown development initiatives in Africa, set up as alternatives to externally sponsored development. Focusing specifically on Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, the book takes a qualitative and comparative approach to offer the first ever in-depth analysis of indigenous development programmes. It examines:How far African states have moved towards more homegrown development strategies.The effects of the shift towards African homegrown socio-economic development strategies and the conditions needed to enhance their success and sustainability.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of development studies, international politics, political economy, public policy and African politics, sociology and economics.
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Okereke and Agupusi provide a refreshing and forceful critique of external meddling in Africa under the guise of development. Going far beyond aid agency doublespeak about country ownership, they make clear that home-grown development is really about NOT having external agencies or experts in charge.
William Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University, Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, and author of The Tyranny of Experts.
Okereke and Agupusis new book Homegrown Development in Africa is as timely as it is relevant. It comes at a moment of great deal of optimism surrounding development possibilities across Africa. A must read for development scholars and practitioners, the book speaks directly to those who value internally generated sustainable solutions through meaningful ownership of the national development agenda.
Yacob Mulugetta, Professor of Energy and Development Policy, and Director of the MPA programme at the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London.
This volume is a must read for scholars and practitioners interested in international development programing in Africa. It provides a rigorous and balanced assessment of homegrown development initiatives in Africa, set up as alternatives to externally sponsored development. The key finding that most national development programmes in the continent continue to retain external character through over inclination towards external expertise (rather than building endogenous capacity) is sobering, especially in the context of sustainable development in Africa. The observation that no country has ever managed to achieve sustainable development through externally driven strategies is a truism that sadly continues to be ignored in many development planning exercises around the world.
Professor Kevin Urama, Managing Director of Quantum Global Research Lab, Switzerland.
Homegrown Development in Africa
Internationally driven development programmes have not been entirely successful in transforming the economic status of African countries. Since the late 1990s many African countries have started to take initiatives to develop an integrated framework that tackles poverty and promotes socio-economic development in their respective countries.
This book provides a critical evaluation of homegrown development initiatives in Africa, set up as alternatives to externally sponsored development. Focusing specifically on Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, the book takes a qualitative and comparative approach to offer the first ever in-depth analysis of indigenous development programmes. It examines:
How far African states have moved towards more homegrown development strategies.
The effects of the shift towards African homegrown socio-economic development strategies and the conditions needed to enhance their success and sustainability.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of development studies, international politics, political economy, public policy and African politics, sociology and economics.
Chukwumerije Okereke is Associate Professor of Environment and Development at the University of Reading, UK.
Patricia Agupusi is a postdoctoral Fellow at the International Studies Watson Institute, Brown University, USA.
Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
Edited by Daniel C. Bach, Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Politics and Sociology, Sciences Po Bordeaux
1. Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond
Edited by Daniel Bach and Mamoudou Gazibo
2. African Agency in International Politics
Edited by William Brown and Sophie Harman
3. The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa
Roger Tangri and Andrew M. Mwenda
4. Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa
George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Pita Ogaba Agbese
5. Critical Perspectives on African Politics
Liberal interventions, state-building and civil society
Edited by Clive Gabay and Carl Death
6. Homegrown Development in Africa
Reality or illusion?
Chukwumerije Okereke and Patricia Agupusi
7. Real Governance and Practical Norms in Sub-Saharan Africa
The game of the rules
Edited by Tom de Herdt and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
Homegrown Development in Africa
Reality or illusion?
Chukwumerije Okereke and Patricia Agupusi
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2015 Chukwumerije Okereke and Patricia Agupusi
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Okereke, Chukwumerije, author.
Homegrown development in Africa : reality or illusion? / Chukwumerije Okereke and Patricia Agupusi.
pages cm. (Routledge studies in African politics and international relations ; 6)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sustainable developmentGovernment policyAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
2. Sustainable developmentGovernment policyGhana. 3. Sustainable developmentGovernment policyNigeria. 4. Sustainable development Government policyKenya. 5. Sustainable developmentGovernment policySouth Africa. 6. Economic developmentAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
7. Economic assistance, DomesticAfrica, Sub-Saharan. 8. PovertyAfrica, Sub-Saharan. I. Agupusi, Patricia, author. II. Title. III. Series: Routledge studies in African politics and international relations ; 6.
HC800.Z9E5578 2015
338.96dc23
2014039643
ISBN: 978-0-415-52574-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-71594-0 (ebk)
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We have accumulated quite some debt in the process of writing this book. Firstly, we are most grateful to God Almighty for his infinite grace which made it possible for us to undertake and complete this project. We would also like to acknowledge many of our colleagues and friends who proofread draft chapters at various stages, provided intellectual stimulation, and offered insightful comments on the manuscripts. These include Ben Onyango, Briony OShea, Henry Alhassan, Karie Fisher, Megan Turnball, Nelson Oppong, Simon Mariwah and Sylvester Ajah.
Chukwumerije would like to express his deep appreciation to his long-suffering wife (Boma) and children (Chioma and Chukwuebuka) for their prayers, care and encouragement. For several months including during their holidays they gracefully put up with long hours without husband and dad being at home. Thanks are also due to wider family dad, mum, Nneka, Uzo, Nnabugwu, Ifeyinwa, Amauche, Ngozi and Ogochukwu for their support and motivation. It is also a pleasure to acknowledge Cynthia White for generous provision of tasteful coffee during the several long hours at the Oxford library. Prayers from Aaron Senanus, Chima Mordis, Dapo Akandes and David Anejus families are warmly appreciated. Research funding from Leverhulme Trust (Grant Reference ECF/7/SRF/2010/0624) without which this work would not have been undertaken, is also deeply acknowledged.
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