The past two decades on the millennium development goals have dealt unsuccessfully with grassroots, approach to development, especially women development. With the sustainable development goals, world leaders have been encouraging women and those that advocate for them to take ownership during...

The Zimbabwe economy reached a peak in 1997 when the Gross Domestic Product rose (GDP) to Z$25 billion (1990 dollars) and exports exceeded US$3.4 billion. Employment was above 1.4 million. Since the late 1990s, with the political crisis caused by the land reform, there has been accelerating...

The recent United Nations conference on climate change did not bring substantial and binding resolutions and measures. However, participants, specially the civil society and Non for Profit Organisations, to this gathering all agreed on the imperative to educate their respective citizens on ways...

Many African states at independence wanted to be popular with the African masses. They, as a result, came up with many development projects than what the local resources could finance. The option was to supplement the local capital base with foreign capital. In the more recent past, the cold war...

Globally, the past decade experienced the collapse of many well established corporations like WorldCom, Enron, Brent Spar, and the difficulties encountered by Nike and GAP with the sourcing of their products from developing countries. More recently, the bankruptcy of the Lehmans Brothers and...

A recent study (2010) on MBA programmes in the US revealed something that many academics have been saying without any attention from those whose task is to design programmes in tertiary institutions. In their thought-provoking examination of the curriculums of the most prestigious business...

During the last half century, the economic performance of the developing world has been far from uniform. Developing countries were polarised into those that made great progress in catching up and those that were mired in stagnation. Many African countries belong to the second group. Therefore,...

Purpose – The paper investigates the roles played by East Asians professionals in the United States and Europe during the 1960s and 1970s in promoting delocalization and entrepreneurship in their respective countries. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used to collect data was...

In today’s corporate and environmental pressures, humans are looking for opportunities of relaxation in different parts of the world. Cameroon is Africa in miniature, a country that was blessed with places for regernisation and vitalization. With the world becoming more and more globalised, it...