Preliminaries -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Building the Capacities of Developing Nations through Empowerment -- 2 Ethnicity in the Politics of a Nation -- 3 The State and Interplay of Gender and Class on the Emergence of Women as Political Leaders in Developing Countries -- 4 The Difficulty of Consensus Building in Developing Countries The African Dilemma -- 5 Democratization and the Grass Roots The Case of the Jomoro District Assembly -- 6 Economic Theory and the Growth Ethic -- 7 A Reassessment of the Impact of Structural Adjustment in Ghana -- 8 Pineapple Production Labor and Marketing Relations in the Periurban Economy of Accra Ghana -- 9 Maintaining the African Wealth A Natural and Human Resource Sustainability Issue -- 10 Modernizing Influences and Traditional Villages in Sarawak -- 11 Exceptional Kerala Efficient and Sustainable Human Behavior -- 12 Measuring Development Policy Organizational Effectiveness in Third World Countries -- 13 Communications and Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development in Africa -- 14 The Role of Indigenous Education in Development The Tanzanian Case -- 15 The Role of Food Self Sufficiency in Sustainable Development in Africa in Readiness for the Twenty First Century -- 16 Management Capacity Building A Strategic Imperative for African Development in the Twenty First Century -- 17 Manpower Development in Nigeria A Research Note on the University -- 18 Rural Population and Economic Development in Africa An Analysis of Some Policy Issues -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.