The book will be of interest to scholars of Africa and Islam because of its novel focus on regional institutions and their relation to state structures.

Disparities between men and women in basic rights, access to resources, and power to determine their own lives continue to exist in virtually all countries of the world. This ...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese ...

3. Public policies matter.

The increasing gap between developed and developing world will be one of the most important themes of the 21st century. The contributions contained in this volume take a ...