The Cocoa Marketing Board and Economic Development in Ghana
Author : Harrison Gill Wehner
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Cocoa trade
ISBN :
Commodity Market Reforms
Author : John Baffes
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821345887
Book Description
Agricultural commodity markets in many developing countries are being reformed and are being based on market forces rather than regulated prices and official monopolies. This book discusses reforms in the markets for cocoa, coffee, cotton, grains, and sugar and looks at the reasons for success and failure.
Markets and States in Tropical Africa
Author : Robert H. Bates
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 2014-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520282566
Book Description
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 practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates’s analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa’s recovery and discuss the significance of the continent’s success for the arguments of this classic work.
Cocoa Cycles
Author : François Ruf
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 1995-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781855732155
Book Description
The cyclical boom-to-recession nature of the economics of cocoa supply is a major problem for the international cocoa industry - and especially for countries whose economies depend on cocoa exports. Only through an understanding of the dynamics of cocoa cycles can policy decisions be made through the various phases of supply cycles. Based on a major international cocoa conference, this book presents seventeen edited papers from leading experts, making a major contribution to that understanding. It explains the powerful economic, social and political factors which impact on the cocoa economy. It shows the laws of cocoa supply are closely linked to environmental, ecological and institutional factors.
Globalization, Trade and Poverty in Ghana
Author : Charles Ackah
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9988647360
Book Description
Citing a paucity of empirical evidence on the poverty and distributional impacts of trade policy reform in Ghana as the main motivation for this volume, the editors (both of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the U. of Ghana) present eleven papers that combine theory and econometric analysis in an effort to assess linkages between globalization, trade, and poverty (including gendered aspects). Specific topics examined include manufacturing employment and wage effects of trade liberalization; the influence of education on trade liberalization impacts on household welfare; trade liberalization and manufacturing firm productivity; the impact of elimination of trade taxes on poverty and income distribution; food prices, tax reforms, and consumer welfare under trade liberalization; impacts on tariff revenues; and impacts on cash cropping, gender, and household welfare; Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
An Enterprise Map of Ghana
Author : John Sutton
Publisher : Hodder Christian Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781907994036
Book Description
Ghana's economy has grown rapidly over the past decade, and the goal of becoming a middle-income country in the fairly near future now seems attainable. The likely contribution of the oil sector makes the goal look all the more achievable. Yet this goal is unlikely to be attained without a substantial advance in Ghana's industrial capability. This is therefore a good moment to ask some questions. What are the current capabilities of Ghanaian firms? Where did those capabilities come from? Can the development of the oil sector lead to a parallel advance in related local industries? This volume presents the first general overview of Ghana's industrial sector. Each industry is profiled in detail, and the history and capabilities of leading firms are explored at length. ------------------ This is the second volume in John Sutton's "Enterprise Map" series, which profiles the industrial capabilities of selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The first volume was on Ethiopia and the forthcoming third volume will be on Tanzania. Further volumes in this series will appear in due course.
Economic Development Case Problems
Author : Syracuse University. International Management Development Department
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Economic development
ISBN :
Book Description
Commodities and Development Report 2017
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 22,30 MB
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251099693
Book Description
Commodity prices are projected to increase marginally until 2030. The challenge for developing countries is to foster an environment that combines fiscal, sectoral and social policies to prevent price volatility from impacting national economies.
Hidden Hands in the Market
Author : Peter Luetchford
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,65 MB
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1848550588
Book Description
Engages with a range of alternative ethical perspectives and the initiatives to which they give rise. This book features case studies that covers a range of places, commodities and initiatives, including Fair Trade and organic production activism in Hungary, Fair Trade coffee in Costa Rica and handicrafts made in Indonesia.
Big Business and Economic Development
Author : Barbara Hogenboom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2006-12-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134125763
Book Description
Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of experts, this is the first comprehensive volume to analyze conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies. Using sixteen in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of contemporary process of privatization, economic and financial liberalization and neoliberal globalization. Exploring the various causes and economic, social and political effects of the rise of ‘big business’ in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe, the main issues that are examined include: the nature of contemporary economic concentration the relations between ‘local’ and ‘external’ investors the impact on development, and on economic and political control over its direction the new role of the state towards conglomerates and economics groups the effects of economic and political changes on the legitimacy of the state and large companies. This volume is perfect as either a textbook or supplementary reading for students at all levels, as well as researchers and governmental and non-governmental professionals working and studying in the fields of international business and economic development.
