| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Africa, turfs and trade : theoretical and historical framework -- Turf establishment and the development process : structural foundations of Ghana's timber industry -- Independence, instability and contested turfs : structural changes in the timber industry -- Turf reclamation strategies : neo-liberalism and the timber industry -- Turf recapture and consolidation for the timber trade : Ghana's economic recovery program -- Structural adjustment, the timber trade and turf degradation : political convenience and desperate deforestation -- Turf dynamics and conflicts, the timber trade and spatial integration -- Debt, dependence, turf control and Ghana's economy -- Conclusions and lessons for twenty-first century Africa |
| Summary |
This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, it examines the scramble to control the timber trade by various political and socio-economic interests, from the colonial to the neo-liberal era, and identifies and distills lessons from Ghana's experience for Development policy and practice in Africa and comparable Developing countries in the 21st Century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Timber -- Economic aspects -- Ghana
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Lumber trade -- Ghana
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Neoliberalism -- Ghana
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Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Ghana
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Lumber trade
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Neoliberalism
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Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
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Timber -- Economic aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Ghana -- Economic policy
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Ghana -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054756
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| Subject |
Ghana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012018318 |
| ISBN |
0739174029 |
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9780739174029 |
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1283584018 |
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9781283584012 |
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9786613896469 |
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6613896462 |
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