Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy

1. Introduction: Africa’s Second Half-Century: Enhancing Capacity for Sustainable Human Development and Human Security
George Kararach, Kobena T. Hanson, Timothy M. Shaw

2. Africa’s Leadership Deficit: Exploring Pathways to Good Governance and Transformative Politics
Wisdom J. Tettey

3. Africa’s Leadership Malaise and the Crisis of Governance
Samuel M. Makinda

4. Improving the Effectiveness of the Public Sector in Africa through the Quality of Public Administration
Joseph R. A. Ayee

5. The Public Sector and Development in Africa: The Case for a Developmental Public Service
Francis Owusu, Frank L. K. Ohemeng

6. Towards Best-Practice in Transboundary Water Governance in Africa: Exploring the Policy and Institutional Dimensions of Conflict and Cooperation over Water
Claudious Chikozho

7. Africa’s Water Crisis: The Miracle and the Mirage: What Policy Mix, Strategies and Institutional Steps are Vital?
Noraisha Oyama, Jaya Nair, Jason Levitan

8. Rethinking Development in Africa through Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs)
Peter Arthur

9. Climate-Resilient Development Financing for Africa: A Prospective Evaluation and Strategic Framework for Action
Sams Dine Sy

10. Conclusion: Prospects for ACBF and African Human Development/Security
George Kararach, Kobena T. Hanson, Timothy M. Shaw

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Political Economy, Environmental Politics, Development Studies, Political Science, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Public Policy