Families in the Process of Development Major Trends Affecting Families (original) (raw)

W INTRODUCTION idespread variations in geography, socioeconomic structures, and culture, cannot conceal the com-mon opportunities and challenges that nave affected African families in the last ten years since the International Year of the Family in 1994. The family as a unit of production, consumption, reproduction, and accumulation, has been profoundly impacted by the economic downturns that transformed the environment in which fami-lies make their decisions. These broader socio-political and economic