Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Research design -- Chapter 2: Historical context -- Chapter 3: Capital and colonialism in theory -- Chapter 4: Previous research -- Chapter 5: Method and data -- Part II: Aggregate results -- Chapter 6: The rate of return on investment in Africa -- Chapter 7:...

This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing...

At present, how to develop industries is a burning issue in Africa, where population growth remains high and economic development has thus far failed to provide sufficient jobs for many, especially young people and women. The creation of productive jobs through industrial development ought to be...

Chapter 1: background and evolving features of Sino-African relationship -- Chapter 2: founding of Sino-African Cooperation Forum and the new era of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 3: global impact and future direction of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 4: the stage evolution of the...

The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...

This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: why were management consultants brought into the machinery of the state; how has state power been impacted by bringing profit-seeking...

From Crisis to Crisis examines the impact of the harsh conditions of the interwar economy on the British merchant banks. The financial crises of 1914 and 1931 are assessed using primary sources. The competitive threats, including the rise of New York as a rival financial centre, are considered....

1. Why the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 2. Spontaneous Order -- 3. The British Intellectual Inheritance -- 4. The English Legal Inheritance -- 5. A.V. Dicey -- 6. The Vanishing of the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 7. Rediscovery of the ‘Rule of Law’ in Hayek -- 8. Oakeshott