Extracting profit : imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa

A historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societies today and the social impact of resource-driven growth, Extracting profit explains why Africa has recently undergone an economic boom alongside widespread militarization. This exploitation has not gone unchallenged, however. The book recounts various narratives of grassroots organizing and protest, from platinum workers' struggles in South Africa and Nigerian labor organizing to pro-democracy upheavals in Burkina Faso. It points to the potential for resistance to global capital and for fundamental change, in Africa and beyond.;Introduction and overview -- Legacies of colonialism -- Neoliberalism : crisis, debt, and structural adjustment -- "Rising Africa" -- The new scramble for Africa -- Resource curse or resource wars? -- Militarism and the rise of AFRICOM -- Class struggle and permanent revolution. Despite Significant Progress In Water And Sanitation Much Still Remains To Be Done. This Report Shows How The World Has Changed Since 1990. It Provides An Assessment Of Progress Towards The Mdg Target And Insight Into The Remaining Challenges. Section A Provides An Overview Of Progress Against The Parameters Specified In The Mdg Target For Water And Sanitation In Both Urban And Rural Areas. It Presents Data For The World As A Whole And Compares Progress Across Regions. The Report Goes On To Examine Trends Over The Mdg Period By Region And By Level Of Service. It Pays Particular Attention To The Numbers Of People Who Have Gained The Highest Level Of Service In Drinking Water Supply - Piped Water On Premises - And Those With No Service At All Who Use Surface Water For Drinking And Practice Open Defecation. In Order To Understand The Nature Of Progress It Is Important To Look Carefully At The Way Improvements In Water And Sanitation Have Benefited Different Socioeconomic Groups. This Report Sheds Light On Equality Gaps Between Urban And Rural Dwellers And Between The Richest And Poorest Segments Of The Population. It Presents Several New Ways To Visualize Progress On Extending Service To The Poor Designed To Reveal The Nature Of Inequalities And Give The Reader Insight Into The Great Challenge That Still Exists In Ensuring That Progress Reaches Everyone. The Jmp Was Established In 1990 And Is Celebrating Its Jubilee Year In 2015. Section B Provides A Retrospective Analysis Of The Evolution Of Water Sanitation And Hygiene Monitoring Over The Past 25 Years. Africa Development Indicators 2007/8 (ADI) is the latest annual report from the World Bank on social and economic conditions across the continent. ADI is designed to provide a set of key indicators to monitor development outcomes in the region. It is an important reference tool for those who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa. ADI contains statistical indicators of over 1,200 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators. It also brings an essay on a key topic for Africa, and this years' theme is the long term growth challenges of the continent. World Health Statistics 2015 Contains Who's Annual Compilation Of Health-related Data For Its 194 Member States And Includes A Summary Of The Progress Made Towards Achieving The Health-related Millennium Development Goals (mdgs) And Associated Targets. This Year It Also Includes Highlight Summaries On The Topics Of Reducing The Gaps Between The World's Most-advantaged And Least-advantaged Countries And On Current Trends In Official Development Assistance (oda) For Health. As In Previous Years World Health Statistics 2015 Has Been Compiled Using Publications And Databases Produced An. Annotation Africa Development Indicators 2007 provides the most comprehensive source of African economic and social data available in one volume. It puts together data from different sources, making it an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa. This edition includes the Africa Development Indicators 2007 Single User CD-ROM and opening articles from leading economists reporting and analyzing key African economic and development issues "Africa Development Indicators 2006 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains about 450 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. Additional data may be found on the companion CD-ROM, World Bank Africa Database 2006, covering about 1,200 indicators from 1965 to 2004." --Book Jacket Extracting profit explains why Africa, in the first decade and a half of the twenty-first century, has undergone an economic boom. This period of “Africa rising” did not lead to the creation of jobs but has instead fueled the growth of the extraction of natural resources and an increasingly-wealthy African ruling class. A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth