The rise of Africa on the global stage has triggered different nature of myriad problems and concerns different from the past. These problems require a new perspective of understanding and mechanism to tackle with. The book addresses some of the issues with suggestions.

Contents: 1. Of big men and big ideas: can Nepad's APRM make a difference?/Ian Taylor. 2. Revisiting African development strategies in the Ne Millennium: ffrom the LPA to NEPAD/Kyu Deug Hwang. 3. Understanding china-Africa relations/K. Mathews. 4. Political participation of women in South Sudan/Shubhra Parmar. II. Economy and society: 5. Regional economic Governance in Africa/Ian Taylor. 6. Growth and poverty reduction in Africa: political economy challenges/Alemayehu Geda and Addis Yimer. 7. Occupational health and safety framework in the global era: a study of labour brokers in the city of Durban/Ivan Niranjan and Sultan Khan. 8. Financial constraints to small and medium enterprises in Africa/Sudhir Kapoor. III. Society and culture: 9. Modernizing process of religious identities in African societies/A.S. Yaruingam. 10. Rising Africa and India's role in strengthening education sector/Suresh Kumar. 11. Climate change and agriculture in Ehiopia/Tribhuwan Prasad. 12. Gender and agriculture in Africa/Rashmi Kapoor. 13. Islam and Africa: from Stereotypes to knowledge/Pushpraj Singh. Index.