Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 241-245.

European colonialism and post-colonial crises in Africa / David B. Abernethy -- The present and future of the African state in an age of adversity / Harvey Glickman -- The crisis of African development and the Lagos plan of action / Vremudia P. Diejomoah -- African capitalism and African economic performance / Sayre P. Schatz -- Contemporary policy responses to economic decline in Africa / Ravi Gulhati and Satya Yalamanchili -- Images and realities of responsibility toward Africa / Princeton Lyman -- Overburdened government and underfed populace / Raymond F. Hopkins -- Institutionalizing rural development / Ruth S. Morgenthau -- Getting women on the African development agenda / Barbara Lewis -- Development and deviance / Robert Washington -- Accepting the challenge of the crisis of development in Africa / Harvey Glickman.