Explaining why natural resource development fails to lift people out of poverty : a case of Africa /

Are resources being distributed only to make wealthy elites wealthier? How do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization foster a neo-liberal capitalist agenda that promotes wealth accumulation among these elites? The book looks at how this process can be stopp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Silva, Nilani
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
Temas:
Natural resources > Africa.
Investments, Foreign > Africa.
Poverty > Africa.
Economic development > Africa.
Ressources naturelles > Afrique.
Investissements étrangers > Afrique.
Pauvreté > Afrique.
Développement économique > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economic development.
Investments, Foreign.
Natural resources.
Poverty.
Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Are resources being distributed only to make wealthy elites wealthier? How do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization foster a neo-liberal capitalist agenda that promotes wealth accumulation among these elites? The book looks at how this process can be stopped. It argues that resource distribution must benefit the people in a fair and even manner. The previous studies on this issue, mainly from the West, construct discourses and produce languages of poverty, or tribalism, arguing that these are the major factors contributing to civil conflict and under.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0773444602
9780773444607

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