1.POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT PRESENTATION 2.pptx

Politics and Government

1. What is Politics and Government ? Government is the means by which state policy is enforced The mechanism for determining the policy of the state opposition to one-party rule has led to promises of open elections major reforms aim at improving relations between governments and their citizens Major political developments in Africa

2. 70% of the people in Sub-Saharan Africa still lack basic civil liberties and human rights European powers drew political boundaries that cut across indigenous cultural and territorial divisions Exploitative policies extracted Africa's minerals and other natural wealth for the benefit of outsiders National economies geared toward producing goods cash crops as coffee, palm oil, and cocoa for European markets Major political developments in Africa CT’D

3. For the new African leaders, decolonization offered a chance to implement development programs that would benefit the citizens of independent states African governments embarked on ambitious programs of industrial and agricultural development from state farms to large-scale efforts to develop river basins from road-building to the establishment of schools and health services Major political developments in Africa CT’D

4. many projects have yielded mixed results economic growth has been limited at best dependence on funds from international development agencies objectives defined by those agencies rather than by Africans have hit hardest those at the bottom - the very poor unemployment has spread Competition for scarce resources has increased the pressure on governments VICTIMS OF PROGRESS

5. Africa's external debt has more than trippled the continent's export earnings now go to paying off these debts governments spend twice as much money on debt service as on health and education This curtail investments in social and economic development One of the worst threats to Africa is militarization superpowers pours billions of dollars worth of weapons and military assistance Africans have died at the hands of state-supported military units VICTIMS OF PROGRESS CT’D