Includes references.

Contents: Macroanalysis(government policies) 11: The global financial meltdown of 2008, sub-saharan Africa (SSA) and the way forward for sustainable economic growth and development -- Global private capital flows and development finance in sub-saharan Africa: Exemplary performers, lessons for others and strategies for global competitiveness in th 21st century -- Sources of global private capital flows: What sub-saharan Africa can do to attract, manage and retain global private capital flows to finance economic growth and sustainable development -- Financial sector and economic development: How institutions, financial markets and prudential oversight can be enhanced to accelerate economic growth and sustainable development in sub-saharan Africa -- Capital account, financial liberation and economic development in sub-saharan Africa: Eliminating structural impedements and maximizing the benefits of reforms to accelerate growth and sustainable development -- The strategic and competitive marketing of an economy: How to promote and sell an economy for foreign direct investment, create national wealth and policy implications for sub-saharan African governments -- The east asian development experience: Policy, lessons, implications and recomendations for sub-saharan Africa global competitiveness -- Microanalysis(individuals and firms): Self-management and personal leadership: Why and how highly effective people succeed in achieving their goals in their personal lives and in organizations and implications for sub-saharan African political and business leaders -- Leading in today's competitive environment: How exemplary leaders, motivate, lead and achieve organizational goals and create value and implications for sub-saharan African business leaders -- Organizational conflict: Strategy, leadership, resolution framework and managerial implications for sub-saharan business leaders and managers -- Exemplary models of firm innovation: Strategy and leadership for the 21st century competitive environment and lessons for sub-saharan African business leaders and managers -- Competing on innovation: How exemplary innovators leverage their external environment to harness innovation and create value and lessons for sub-saharan African business leaders and managers -- Entreperneurial venture creation: The application of pattern identification theory to entrepreneurial opportunity-identification process and implimentations for sub-saharan African entrepreneurs -- Exemplary strategy for corporate competitiveness and wealth creation: Implications for sub-saharan African business leaders and managers.