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This study covers only the 41 member States of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. They are the independent countries basically
Africa is referred to here as a region, while parts of Africa (north, east central and west) are referred to as sub-regions
Recently, a much more comprehensive approach is emerging under the name "Rural Development
EDUCATION IN AFRICA SOCIAL WORK A. Shawky* INTRC~DUCTION TO AFRICA’ GDP EFORE into the (less than per capita US$200 entering deeper subject, it be useful to introduce Africa per year). might t*~ in a few lines. - About 14 cent of the African per live in urban localities of population Africa is a Continent that covers large inhabitants and more. The bulk 20,000 kilo- more than 30 million square of the live in rural com- population of about 22.3 cent meters, i.e., per munities. small number of urban the total land surface of the world. dwellers in each African are country About 335 million or 9.5 per people, well and thus constitute educated, the cent of the total world live population, for modernization in the Con- hope on the with an den- continent, average tinent. of about 11 I sity persons per square kilometer. small islands and - The African is then Including family predomi- into rural. This Africa is divided means not that possessions, nantly only which most of on nearly sixty countries2, they depend economically primary last like became the and during products agriculture, independent hunting decade. these coun- but also that have a fishing, Populafiionwise, they
International Social Work – SAGE
Published: Jul 1, 1972
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