Read about the 12 reasons behind the failure to develop Africa-driven, sustainable development strategies. They have frequently been analyzed, lamented over and been taken for essentially insurmountable.
As globalisation penetrates even the remotest villages, its mixed blessings offer few sustainable development options in particular for Africa. Despite of its superficial global attractiveness, the concept Western model of globalization cannot be implemented on a global scale: globalization does not necessarily result into a globality of development. Without democratic political regulation, there are obvious ecological, social and economic limits to globalization, which are certain to impact most upon those who are already today marginalized and struggling to secure minimal livelihoods.

About the Author

Born in Regina but raised in Germany, Glenn Brigaldino in 2000 returned to Canada. A social scientist and specialist in development cooperation, he has lived and worked in Europe and Africa, as well as Asia. Now based in Ottawa, he runs a small consulting firm (GB-BASE) that provides advisory and management services in development cooperation and policy management. Much of his writing relates to international affairs, with occassional attempts at fiction (still in progress). He remains associated as an online editor with epo.de, a German web-portal on international development issues and Suite101. Since 2001 he is a member of CEauthors (Canadian e-book authors).