The Kumtor gold mine is the Kyrgyz Republic's largest enterprise. This paper provides details of the mine's operations and documents its current socioeconomic contribution to the Kyrgyz economy including GDP, exports, investment, and the government budget and social development of the country....

The Gnassingbé clan has ruled the country since 1967. The demand for political alternance, initiated by institutional and electoral reforms, constituted the major contentious issue between the government and the challengers of the Gnassingbé regime throughout the survey period. An alliance of...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Contributors -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Paths through socio-economic change, livelihoods and development in West African worlds -- 2 Regional...