IDEP Seminar for university teachers : Working paper no.2 : augmentation and improvement of available resource in Africa
Perhaps the major problem in accelerating the rate of growth of African economies arises from the irrational utilization and mis-allocation of existing resources. There is probably no absolute shortage of resources human and physical. In general, what is lacking is the ability to exploit the existing resources fully and to channel them to areas which are sensitive to rapid economic growth. It is absolutely impossible to discuss every aspect of this problem within the time at my disposal. A greater difficulty in discussing this problem is the shortage of data from which firm conclusions can be drawn on, the existing stage of development of certain key sectors in various African countries. In the event I have had to rely on what facts and figures as are available in the United Nations publications and other sources. This paper should not in any way be regarded as a product of original research. · What I have done is simply to bring into focus certain well known ideas so as to provoke discussions among experts in various fields of African economic development. I have concentrated on only three aspects of re source development viz., the development of human resources, the provision of economic infrastructure and the mobilization of internal financial resources.
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| Language: | eng |
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1964-08
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