Ten Central and Eastern European and two small insular countries have negotiated full membership with the EU. At the December 2002 European Council meeting it was decided that the management had been completed with ten of the twelve and that they could join the Union in May 2004. The purpose of...

Juxtaposing qualitative as well as quantitative facts across the broader African continent, the authors explore critical issues compounding developmental woes of the continent at the present. Despite the facts being on the fringes as explanations to the sluggish development of Africa, the...