Introduction; Part 1 Global Perspectives; Chapter 1 On the Crisis in Socio-Economic Development; Chapter 1-I The African Development Problematique Demography, Drought, Desertification, Dependency, Disequilibrium, Debt and Destabilization or The Paralysis of Multiple Debilitating Crises Washington, D.C. 24 March 1985; Chapter 1-II Address to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity Addis Ababa, 12 November 1984; Chapter 1-III The African Economy at the Crossroads; Chapter 1-IV Statement at the Opening of the 44th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity Addis Ababa 22 July 1986; Chapter 2 On Africa in the World Economy; Chapter 2-1 Development Policy: New Perspectives in International Cooperation for Economic and Social Change International Conference on Perspectives in Afro-German Relations Bonn, 8 October 1975; Chapter 2-II Africa in a Divided and Inequitable World Economy: The Permanent Underdog? Lecture delivered in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the International Development Research Centre of Canada, Ottawa 3 December 1980; Chapter 2-III Perspectives on Development and Economic Growth in Africa up to the Year 2000; Chapter 2-IV The Deepening International Economic Crisis and its Implications for Africa; Chapter 2-V Some Reflections on Nigeria’s Economic Performance since Independence and Thoughts on Future Prospects Nigeria Silver Jubilee Independence Symposium Lagos, 27 September 1985; Chapter 2-VI Pluralism as a Factor in Africa’s Development and Modernization; Chapter 2-VII Africa and the South: Forging Truly Interdependent Economic and Technical Links Indian Institute for International Affairs, New Delhi, 21 May 1979; Chapter 2-VIII The Multidimensionality of the Ecological and Environmental Aspects of Development; Chapter 3 On International Responses; Chapter 3-I Africa and the New International Economic Order: A Re-Assessment; Chapt