Places in the world unable to access new technologies cannot tap into the benefits of globalisation and risk further marginalisation from global trade (Castells, 1998). Does information and communication technology (ICT), therefore, contribute to marginalisation of least developed countries...

Many developing countries are looking to tourism as an avenue for economic and human development, and foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which they can carry out tourism. This study highlights the main findings with respect to the development impacts of foreign direct...

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Author's Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Africans, Europeans, and the Land -- Part II: The Dual Economy of Southern Rhodesia -- Chapter 2 The Economic and Social Background -- Chapter 3. Land Apportionment -- Chapter 4. The Dual Agricultural...

Evidence indicates that trade costs are a much more substantial barrier to trade than tariffs are, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs into: (i) trade facilitation, (ii) non-tariff barriers, and (iii) the costs of business services. The paper assesses the poverty...