Product Description: Perhaps no region matches sub-Saharan Africa in its social and cultural diversity. In this collection of micro-demographic studies, the authors examine how the diversity of this region influences reproductive behavior. The empirical studies, distributed throughout the continent, are localized, in-depth studies that give special attention to contextual effects of social structure and social organization...read more

Product Description: Food security is defined as the ability of countries, regions, or households to meet their required levels of food consumption at all times. Food security is an important component of human welfare, and it can act as an indicator of a region's development...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Sub-Saharan Africa is facing increasing pressures on its national environments, economies and societies. Financial burdens, difficulties with economic reform, problems with social transformation and of rapidly growing cities, combined with loss of productive top soil, deforestation and scarce or poor quality fresh water are among the major contributors...read more

Product Description: Global trends have led to a marked decline in the role of the state in the development of African economies, which has in turn brought into question the traditional role of the university. The universities are themselves facing serious challenges to respond to the so-called global knowledge economy and changing labour requirements...read more