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Policy Signals and Market Responses : A 50-Year History of Zambia’s Relationship with Foreign Capital

Barton, Stuart John - 2016

The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia … in the early years of Zambia's independence, and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new … government, this institutional mechanism still dominates and constrains Zambia's political economy today. …

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Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-root Institutions

Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas - 2017

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops...

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Economics of the Anthropocene Age

Figueroa, Adolfo - 2017

This book uses Figueroa’s unified theory of capitalism to explain how economic growth has led to a new epoch, the Anthropocene, and it presents a new set of economic principles that are needed in this new age. The policies presented in the book are derived from an empirically corroborated...

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Taiwan's Impact on China : Why Soft Power Matters More than Economic or Political Inputs

Tsang, Steve (ed.) - 2017

This book is about the basis and scope of impact that Taiwan - a democracy with a population of around 23 million - has on China, the most powerful remaining Leninist state which claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has a population of over 1.3 billion. It examines how Taiwan has helped China in...

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Globalisation, Democratisation and Radicalisation in the Arab World

Harrigan, Jane (ed.); Said, Hamed el- (ed.) - 2011

This book provides a fascinating analysis of the external and internal linkages that have for decades impeded economic and political reforms in the Arab world, and presents a new and coherent framework that enables policy makers and practitioners to better understand, identify and deal with the...

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Citizenship, Labour Markets and Democratization : Chile and the Modern Sequence

Haagh, Louise - 2002

This book presents a re-examination of classical issues in the relationship between different forms of democratization … sequence. It highlights the lasting institutional limits to social democratization in countries that are democratizing in the …

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The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa : The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization

Marysse, Stefaan (ed.); Reyntjens, Filip (ed.) - 2005

This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage...

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Accelerated Economic Growth in West Africa

Seck, Diery (ed.) - 2016

The book provides a detailed analysis of the causes of West Africa’s current economic high-growth episode and proposes ways to extend it sustainably. It examines the potential role of regional integration through the establishment of a common currency union and of other policy options that can...

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Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries

Mudacumura, Gedeon (ed.); Morçöl, Göktuğ (ed.) - 2014

legislation for social accountability: a comparison of South Africa and Zambia -- Prosecute and punish: Attempts by Kenya to curb … democratization/de-democratization -- Investigating the Classical Ombudsman within the Indian Context -- The Imperatives of Democracy …

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Political Determinants of Income Inequality in Emerging Democracies

Kawanaka, Takeshi - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This study explores why democratization does not necessarily result in inequality reduction in emerging democracies and …

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