SYNOPSIS FOR INTER AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT VOL 1 Inter African development is possible through an array of alternative strategies CHAPTER 1 Addresses land use and management in Africa In Africa land use has become one of the most seriously contested problems ever to be reckoned in the history of Africa Land is both security and economic confidence for the many landless or marginalized persons in the world African governments concerns should be obligatory in finding lasting solutions to resolve issues of land degradation resulting from human activities and land management How then do we frame land issues The issues that can be addressed are such as ecological foot prints and tragedy of the commons Therefore African countries need to harness reforestation programs in order to subdue the ever increasing risks posed by global warming and desert encroachment CHAPTER 2 addresses the history of grabbing fertile lands The history of land extortion dates back to Europe and continued in Africa through colonial era Land grabbing has its economic implications Access to land and violent conflicts in Africa have economic as well as political implications Thus because of the economic and political implications Land represents security and economic confidence Therefore reforms in land ownership must be implemented so that the landless may also have a share in land tenureship CHAPTER 3 addresses democracy and economic development issues towards sustainability as well as identifying culprits of development retardation CHAPTER 4 addresses IADF strategies for regional economic development CHAPTER 5 addresses development modalities Modalities that need to be adopted by African governments are such as import substitution model strategies export lead growth industrialization emulation of Chile s example Mexico s example the adoption of India s software industry style Japan s Export Growth Model importance of an Industry s location and other infrastructural develo