Sub-Saharan Africa's future is not a given

Foresight

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 85-99

  Spies, Philip H ^a  

^a Professor Emeritus in Futures Studies ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Complexity theory; Human resource development; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957888052     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681111138785     Document Type: Article

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