A Strategic Human Capital Approach to the Sustainable Development of African Countries: Introduction

This chapter serves as the introduction to the book On the Sustainable Development of African Countries: A Strategic Human Capital Approach. It provides the main purpose and specific objectives of the book, introduces the strategic human capital approach to sustainable development and its rationale, and explains why in comparison to other approaches, it is the superior path to sustainable development for African countries. This chapter also provides brief descriptions of the contents of the 3 parts and the other 11 chapters of the book.