Some African Highways
Author : Caroline Kirkland
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Transvaal
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Author : Caroline Kirkland
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Transvaal
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Author : Vishnu Padayachee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 48,11 MB
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136989064
The Political Economy of Africa addresses the real possibilities for African development in the coming decades when seen in the light of the continent’s economic performance over the last half-century. This involves an effort to emancipate our thinking from the grip of western economic models that have often ignored Africa’s diversity in their rush to peddle simple nostrums of dubious merit. The book addresses the seemingly intractable economic problems of the African continent, and traces their origins. It also brings out the instances of successful economic change, and the possibilities for economic revival and renewal. As well as surveying the variety of contemporary situations, the text will provide readers with a firm grasp of the historical background to the topic. It explores issues such as: employment and poverty social policy and security structural adjustment programs and neo-liberal globalization majority rule and democratization taxation and resource mobilization. It contains a selection of country specific case studies from a range of international contributors, many of whom have lived and worked in Africa. The book will be of particular interest to higher level students in political economy, development studies, area studies (Africa) and economics in general.
Author : Irving Freidson
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 14,41 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Roads
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Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2004
Category : African American automobile drivers
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Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 1963
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Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Communication infrastructure
ISBN : 0889369143
African Youth on the Information Highway: Participation and Leadership in Community Development
Author : Caroline Kirkland
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Africa, East
ISBN :
Author : John Virtue
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1476600392
This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments deployed outside the lower 48 states during the war. The enlisted men, most of them from the South, faced racial discrimination from white officers, were barred from entering any towns for fear they would procreate a "mongrel" race with local women, and endured winter conditions they had never experienced before. Despite this, they won praise for their dedication and their work. Congress in 2005 said that the wartime service of the four regiments covered here contributed to the eventual desegregation of the Armed Forces.
Author : Supee Teravaninthorn
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0821376551
Transport prices for most African landlocked countries range from 15 to 20 percent of import costs. This is approximately two to three times more than in most developed countries. It is well known that weak infrastructure can account for low trade performance. Thus, it becomes necessary to understand what types of regional transport services operate in landlocked African nations and it is critical to identify the regulation disparities and provision anomalies that hurt infrastructure efficiency, even when the physical infrastructure, such as a road transport corridor, exists. Transport Prices and Costs in Africa analyzes the various reasons for poor transport performance seen widely throughout Africa and provides a compelling case for a number of national and regional reforms that are vital to the effort to address the underlying causes of high transport prices and costs and service unpredictability seen in Africa. The book will greatly help supervisory authorities throughout the region develop and implement a comprehensive transport policy that will facilitate long-term growth.
Author : Linda L. Lowry
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2878 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1483368963
Taking a global and multidisciplinary approach, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism brings together a team of international scholars to examine the travel and tourism industry, which is expected to grow at an annual rate of four percent for the next decade. In more than 500 entries spanning four comprehensive volumes, the Encyclopedia examines the business of tourism around the world paying particular attention to the social, economic, environmental, and policy issues at play. The book examines global, regional, national, and local issues including transportation, infrastructure, the environment, and business promotion. By looking at travel trends and countries large and small, the Encyclopedia analyses a wide variety of challenges and opportunities facing the industry. In taking a comprehensive and global approach, the Encyclopedia approaches the field of travel and tourism through the numerous disciplines it reaches, including the traditional tourism administration curriculum within schools of business and management, economics, public policy, as well as social science disciplines such as the anthropology and sociology. Key features include: More than 500 entries authored and signed by key academics in the field Entries on individual countries that details the health of the tourism industry, policy and planning approaches, promotion efforts, and primary tourism draws. Additional entries look at major cities and popular destinations Coverage of travel trends such as culinary tourism, wine tourism, agritourism, ecotourism, geotourism, slow tourism, heritage and cultural-based tourism, sustainable tourism, and recreation-based tourism Cross-references and further readings A Reader’s Guide grouping articles by disciplinary areas and broad themes