Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- 1 Framing Sustainable Management Development in Africa -- Part I Capacity Building in Africa -- 2 Public Policy and Higher Education: The Case of Botswana -- 3 Challenges in Developing African Management...

Inside the engine-room of China's economic growth—the China Development BankAnyone wanting a primer on the secret of China's economic success need look no further than China Development Bank (CDB)—which has displaced the World Bank as the world's biggest development bank, lending billions to...

Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa's ""growth tragedy,"" Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of...

Financial plans that stimulate growth and eliminate poverty in developing African countries! African Developmental Finance and Business Finance Policy presents theoretical/conceptual and empirical articles that provide invaluable insights into successful business techniques and strategies for...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Turning Oil and Gas Wealth into Sustainable and Equitable Development -- 2 Managing the Extractive Resource -- 3 Revenue Management in the Oil...

This is the first book to examine in-depth Japan's relations with Africa. Japan's dependence on raw materials from South Africa made it impossible for Tokyo in the 1970s and 1980s to support other African states in their fight against the minority government and its policy of apartheid. Kweku...

This book provides profiles of over 50 countries with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance, all in one handy, pocketsized volume. A must have for anyone interested in today's development challenges in subSaharan Africa

The debates over what African economic integration and development actually entails continue across international economic organizations, national governments and NGOs. Looking closely at these processes, this book combines theory with application, enumerating the imperatives and initiatives...

Governments in Africa and their stakeholders have been disappointed with the number of wage and salary jobs that have been created over the last decade or more. Even in countries that experienced both strong economic growth and rapid poverty reduction during this period, job creation has lagged...