Selected Publications

TIDINGS P. NDHLOVU and ANITA SPRING. "The Hopeful Continent": Economic Development and the Performance of Sub-Saharan Africa. In AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (IAABD), CASABLANCA, MOROCCO. EMMANUEL E. OBUAH (ED.). pp. 77-87. 2012.

ANITA SPRING. The Sub-Saharan Business Environment Report (SABER): 2011 Findings. In AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (IAABD), CASABLANCA, MOROCCO. EMMANUEL E. OBUAH (ED.). pp. 185-206. 2012.

ANITA SPRING. The Sub-Saharan Business Environment Report: Business Information at a Ready Glance. In CHALLENGES IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (IAABD), EDMONTON, CANADA. EMMANUEL E. OBUAH (ED.). pp. 370-376. 2011.

NELSON SANTOS ANTONIÓ, VIRGINIA TRIGO, ANITA SPRING, CATHERINE DE LA ROBERTIE, JACKY HONG, and JOÃO FEIJÓ. China and Portuguese Speaking Africa: Business Approaches and Management Models in China, Mozambique and Cape Verde. EDIÇÕES SÍLABO, LISBON, PORTUGAL, 2011.

ANITA SPRING. African Women in the Entrepreneurial Landscape: Reconsidering the Formal and Informal Sectors. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN BUSINESS, 10(1):11-30. 2009.

TIDINGS P. NDHLOVU and ANITA SPRING. South African Women in Business and Management: Transformation in Progress. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN BUSINESS, 10(1):31-49. 2009.

ANITA SPRING. Empowering Women in the African Entrepreneurial Landscape: Micro-Entrepreneurs to Business Globalists in the Formal and Informal Sectors. IN POWER, GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN AFRICA, MUNA NDULO and MARGARET GRIECO (EDS.), CHAPTER 14, pp. 293-326, CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING, CAMBRIDGE, UK, 2009.

ANITA SPRING. Chinese Development Aid and Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in Africa. IN REPOSITIONING AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. VOLUME 10, SIMON SIGUÉ (ED.), pp.23-33, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF AFRICAN BUSINESS & DEVELOPMENT. 2009.

ANITA SPRING AND YANG JIAO. China in Africa: African Views of Chinese Entrepreneurship. IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL DYNAMICS IN AFRICAN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. VOLUME 9, SIMON SIGUÉ (ED.), pp. 55-64, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF AFRICAN BUSINESS & DEVELOPMENT. 2008.

ANITA SPRING. The West African Enterprise Network: Business Globalists, Interregional Trade and U.S. Interventions. IN THE UNITED STATES AND WEST AFRICA: INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONS, ALUSINE JALLOH and TOYIN FALOLA (EDS.), CHAPTER 16, pp. 305-324. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS, ROCHESTER, NY, 2008.

BARBARA E. MCDADE and ANITA SPRING. The "New Generation of African Entrepreneurs": Networking to Change the Climate for Business and Private Sector-Led Development. ENTREPRENEURSHIP & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 17(1):17-42. 2005.

ANITA SPRING and BOB GROELSEMA. Enhancing Civil Society Organizations and Women’s Participation in Ethiopia: A Program Design for Civil Society and Women’s Empowerment. FINAL REPORT TO USAID/ETHIOPIA AND USAID CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE, 6 AUGUST 2004.

ANITA SPRING. A Gender Assessment of Health Parameters and Delivery Systems, Agricultural and Enterprise Development, and Women’s Participation in Eritrea. FINAL REPORT OF A WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT, AUGUST 2002.

 

ANITA SPRING. Gender and the Range of African Entrepreneurial Strategies: The "Typical" and the "New" Women Entrepreneurs. IN BLACK BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC POWER, ALUSINE JALLOH and TOYIN FALOLA (EDS.), CHAPTER 14, pp. 381-401, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS, ROCHESTER, NY, 2002.

ANITA SPRING. Commercialization and Women Farmers: Old Paradigms and New Themes. IN WOMEN FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES: INCREASING FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ANITA SPRING (ED.), CHAPTER 1, pp. 1-37, LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS, BOULDER, CO, 2000.

ANITA SPRING. Agricultural Commercialization and Women Farmers in Kenya. IN WOMEN FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES: INCREASING FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ANITA SPRING (ED.), CHAPTER 15, pp. 317-341, LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS, BOULDER, CO, 2000.

ANITA SPRING. Epilogue: Next Steps. IN WOMEN FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES: INCREASING FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ANITA SPRING (ED.), CHAPTER 18, pp. 383-386, LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS, BOULDER, CO, 2000.

ANITA SPRING and BARBARA E. MCDADE. Entrepreneurship in Africa: Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms. IN AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THEORY AND REALITY, ANITA SPRING and BARBARA E. MCDADE (EDS.), CHAPTER 1, pp. 1-34, UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL, 1998.

STEVEN BRANDT, ANITA SPRING, CLIFTON HIEBSCH, J. TERRENCE MCCABE, ENDALE TABOGIE, MULUGETA DIRO, GIZACHEW WOLDE-MICHAEL, GEBRE YNTISO, MASAYOSHI SHIGETA, AND SHIFERAW TESFAYE. The "Tree Against Hunger": Enset-Based Agricultural Systems in Ethiopia. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 1997.

ANITA SPRING. Guidelines for Evaluating the Inclusion of Women and Gender in Development Projects. IN FORUM VALUTAZIONE: SEMESTRALE A CURA DEL COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE PER LO SVILUPPO DEI POPOLI - CISP. VOLUME 5. M. VIEZZOLI (ED.), pp. 57-72, FRANCO ANGELI, TIPOMONZA, STAMPA, 1991.

ANITA SPRING. Health Care Systems in Northwest Zambia. IN AFRICAN HEALING STRATEGIES, BRIAN M. du TOIT and ISMAIL H. ABDALLA (EDS.), CHAPTER 9, pp. 135-150, TRADO-MEDIC BOOKS, NEW YORK, NY, 1985.

ANITA SPRING. Faith and Participation in Traditional Versus Cosmopolitan Medical Systems in Northwest Zambia. ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, 53(2):130-141. 1980.