Globalization and Social Policy in Africa

is Professor of Sociology and formerly Deputy Executive Secretary (Publications) at CODESRIA. He taught at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and he is currently the Regional Representative, the Ford Foundation, Office for Eastern Africa. His publications include Health, Habitat and Development (London: IIED, 1986), The Challenge of Sustainable Development in Nigeria, co-edited with Ademola Salau (Ibadan: NEST, 1990), Child Development and Nutrition in Nigeria, co-edited with M.F. Zeitlin and F.E. Etta (Lagos: UNICEF, 1992), The Experience of Migration in Africa, co-edited with Jonathan Baker (Uppsala: NAI), Globalization and Social Policy in Africa: Issues and Research Directions (Dakar: CODESRIA, 1997).

is currently Professor and head of department of Sociology at the University of Dar es Salaam, where he has served as Associate Dean (Research and Publications). Professor Chachage has also taught at the University of Cape Town, held many positions of distinction and served on the editorial boards of several journals. He has published extensively on Sociology, and is a well renowned Swahili language novelist.

is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Cocody-Abidjan, Deputy Director of Research at the Institute of Ethno-Sociology of the same university, and co-edits the African Sociological Review. She is specialized in Population and Development with emphasis on Migrations, Reproductive Health and Education.