A special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference.
Introduction; Part 1 Africas Response to the Economic Crisis and
Recovery Programmes;
Chapter 1 From the Lagos Plan of Action to the
Thirteenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sadig
Rasheed, Makha D.N. Sarr;
Chapter 2 Survey on the Implementation of APPER and
UN-PAAERD, Eca Secretariat;
Chapter 3 Country Case Studies, Owodunni Teriba;
Chapter 4 The Contribution of Subregional Institutions Towards Intra-African
Trade, Economic Recovery and Development, Bingu Wa Mutharika;
Chapter 5
Regional and Subregional Perspectives, Owodunni Teriba; Part 2 Response of
the International Community to the African Economic Crisis and Recovery
Programmes;
Chapter 6 The External Environment and the Prospects for African
Economic Recovery and Accelerated Development, A. Ashiabor;
Chapter 7
Financing of the Implementation of UN-PAAERD, Sayre P. Schatz;
Chapter 8
Africas Economic Recovery and Support from the International Community;
Chapter 9 Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD Member States, Joseph C. Wheeler;
Chapter 10 The United States Assistance Strategy for Africa, Richard J.
Haynes, Stephen M. Haykin;
Chapter 11 The Challenge of Africas Economic
Recovery and the Concept of International Economic Security, A.A. Sorokine;
Part 3 The Enabling Environment for African Economic Recovery and
Transformation;
Chapter 12 Historical Perspectives, Joseph Ki-Zerbo;
Chapter
13 How Politics Underdevelops Africa, Claude Ake;
Chapter 14 The Consequences
of Political Destabilization in Southern Africa for Economic Recovery in the
Subregion, Siteke G. Mwale;
Chapter 15 Gender, Skill and Power, Ali A.
Mazrui, Andrew D. White;
Chapter 16 African Development Management Reform,
David F. Luke;
Chapter 17 The Scientific and Technological Environment for
African Economic Recovery and Development, Thomas R. Odhiambo;
Chapter 18 The
Scientific and Technological Perspective for African Economic Recovery and
Development, With Particular Emphasis on Environmental Aspects, Mansour
Khalid; Part
Adebayo Adedeji, Owodunni Teriba, Patrick Bugembe, J. Perez De Cuellar