The book is intended primarily to provide a critical introduction to large and controversial issues. Few of the questions it poses can yet be answered with any confidence since no primary sources are open after the mid-1950s and insufficient research has yet been published on economic...

"Despite Ghana's strong democratic track record in recent decades, the economy remains underdeveloped. Industrial policies are necessary to transform the colonial trading economy that Ghana inherited at independence, but successive governments have been unwilling or unable to implement them. In...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Somali People: Between Trusteeship and Independence -- 3 Analysis of the Economic System of Somalia -- 4 Companies and Firms in Italian Somalia -- 5 International Aid to Somalia -- Conclusion -- Appendices