Wissenschaftliche Literatur Sub-Saharan Africa

Rainer Feldbacher / Josef Fischer (eds.)

Connected Worlds – Interregional Contacts in Antiquity

Studien zur Geschichtsforschung des Altertums

Ancient people did not live in isolation from one another. Rather, their worlds were connected to each other in many ways. Cities, states and peoples maintained diplomatic and political contacts – sometimes peaceful, sometimes warlike. Trade goods were transported over long distances. Religious beliefs, artistic trends and technical innovations spread across three continents.

This volume focuses on several examples of interregional contacts in antiquity. The…

Livingstone Sewanyana

Comparative Experiences of NGO Regulatory Frameworks

Eastern and Southern Africa

Verfassungsrecht in Forschung und Praxis

The growth of NGOs in sub-Saharan countries beginning in the 1990s, can be attributed to the ’new wave of democracy’ that led to the rebirth of associational life thus creating new spaces for people to organise. Hitherto many countries amended their constitutions to allow for political reforms. In countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Uganda, “one party constitutions were amended to introduce a bill of rights. [...]

Michaela Triebel

Debt Relief as Panacea for Solving the Development Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa

An Analysis of the HIPC Initiative

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

During the last years, poverty reduction has been in the centre of attention of all development agencies. While Latin America and East Asia as a region managed to significantly improve the living conditions of their people, the quality of life for most people in sub-Saharan Africa appears to only have improved marginally. Africa remains the least developed region of the world. Therefore, the development problem of the African continent has been subject to great concerns…

Irmela Gorges (Ed.)

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Regional Development

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

The present volume is interdisciplinary in scope, written for economists, social scientists, civil servants, environmental protectionists, and individuals alike who are interested and working in the field of sustainable development. The volume is a compilation of mainly research results from economics covering seven areas of sustainable development: the political impact on sustainable societal and economic development, the relevance of an organized service sector,…

Irmela Gorges / Linda A. Winkler (Eds.)

Economy and Social Conditions in Transition

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

This book is interdisciplinary in scope, written for economists, educators, and for individuals working on the fields of globalization, and its impacts on societal development. The book analyzes the current economic and social development in selected countries with different economic conditions relative to the impact of globalization and infrastructure development. The volume contains six selected papers presented at the annual conference of the Congress of Political…

Genet Alem Gebregiorgis

Traditional Use and Meaning of Urban Spaces

The Case of Highland Towns of North Ethiopia

EX ARCHITECTURA – Schriften zu Architektur, Städtebau und Baugeschichte

The linkage between traditional values and built environment is a topic broadly discussed by architects, sociologist and historians in the context of cities in the developed world. This study extends the discussion to Sub-Saharan Africa, a region which is under-urbanised yet currently has the fastest rate of urbanisation.

Based on historical and current development of cities in Ethiopia, i.e. Gondar and Addis Ababa, the study illustrates the role of traditional…