George B. N. Ayittey's Africa Unchained examines the underlying causes of economic and political stagnation in Africa and offers a blueprint for a brighter future. Ayittey highlights the failure of postcolonial governance, corruption, and ineffective economic policies as key obstacles to development. The book advocates a return to traditional African values, the strengthening of institutions, f…
The Battle of Public Enterprises in Côte d’Ivoire examines the internal dynamics, political struggles, and economic pressures surrounding the restructuring of state-owned enterprises during a period of major economic adjustment. Written by Bernard Contamin and Yves-André Fauré, the book provides an in-depth analysis of how institutional actors, government agencies, international donors, an…
Our Zimbabwe: An Element of Political Economy offers an analytical overview of Zimbabwe’s economic and political structures in the years following independence. Arthur Jim Patsanza examines the nation’s development challenges, economic policies, and the relationship between political decision-making and economic outcomes. The book discusses issues such as state planning, resource distributi…
This publication offers a comprehensive review of Brunei Darussalam's achievements regarding the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), analyzing the country's performance across the eight defined global targets for the period leading up to 2015. The report documents that Brunei Darussalam successfully reached or is on track to achieve almost all MDG targets, notably eradicating ex…
Iran, at the crossroads of Eastern and Western cultures, is moving swiftly into the modern era and is assuming a large role in world affairs. An understanding of Iran's rich cultural heritage, current development and future aspiration is increasingly essential for government officials, businessmen, journalists, and scholars of both the industrial world and the emerging nations. This book, I…
This conference indicates none other than the emerging structure of inter dependency in our world. There are schools of thought which believe that it is exactly this structure that could condition peace. But we should not ignore the fact that together with the rapid flow and transfer of ideas.
The profound effects of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis encompass more than economic concerns. Throughout Asia Pacific the crisis prompted a reassessment of governance, values, social safety structures, the commitment of the United States to the region, and the value of such institutions as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. In this book, six authors from the region present a polic…
Japan's failed revolution: Koizumi and the politics of economic reform asks why, despite all the high expectation's, the Japanese public's desire for economic reform, and leadership of a majority coalition in a parliamentary democracy, the reformer prime minister Koizumi has not achieved the economic reforms expected of him since he surprisingly attained power over a year ago. this book expl…
Indonesia Assessment 1995 contains two main sections: one overviewing current Indonesian economic and political conditions, and one examining economic and social developments in Eastern Indonesia. This is the vast region of 25 million people, lying between Java, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia. The book provides not only an up-do-date overview of Indonesia in 1995, but also one of the f…
This book describes and analyses Indonesia's most serious economic crisis, against the general backdrop of economic decline in Southeast Asia. It also looks forward, considering Indonesia's immediate policy challenges to overcome the crisis, and dwelling on some of the longer-term policy challenges raised by the crisis.