Title Towards Africa-oriented risk analysis models : a contextual and methodological approach / edited by Korwa G. Adar, Richard O. Iroanya, and Francis Nwonwu

Published Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 164 pages) Contents Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- AN INTRODUCTORY CONTEXT OF THE METHODOLOGICAL, CONCEPTUAL, AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS OF RISK ANALYSIS -- PART 1: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND RISK ANALYSIS ON AFRICA -- 1 ASSESSING RISKS IN WORLD BANK LENDING FOR 21 DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA -- 2 ANALYSIS OF THE REPORTS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH -- 3 RISK ANALYSIS INDICATORS USED BY TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL -- PART 2: AFRICA�S CULTURAL, ECONO-POLITICAL SCENARIOS 4 POLITICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF AFRICA5 AN EVALUATION OF THE SUITABILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RISK GUIDE FOR AFRICA -- 6 A CRITICAL READING OF THE CIA REPORT ON NIGERIA -- 7 REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRICA IN THE WESTERN IMAGINATION -- Conclusion -- Back Cover Summary Annotation Risk analysis studies on Africa conducted by a number of international organisations have addressed a number of complex and interlocking socioeconomic and political issues, largely painting a bleak picture of the continent. These reports have been used by the Western countries as benchmarks for the flow of donor funds, often with disastrous consequences. The failure of the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) introduced by the Bretton Woods institutions in the 1970s and 1980s serve as a good example. Taking cognisance of these interpretations, the case studies in this volume have employed appropriate methodological, conceptual and theoretical approaches with the objective of reaching balanced assessments on the underlying principles of risk and threat in Africa. The authors take a more holistic view, clearly defining the concept of risk and its corollaries and going beyond the somewhat limited view of those organisations which apply largely Eurocentric values to their assessments Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Country risk -- Africa -- Evaluation Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects -- Africa Political stability -- Africa -- Evaluation Country risk -- Evaluation Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects Political stability -- Evaluation Africa Form Electronic book Author Adar, Korwa G. (Korwa Gombe), 1949- Iroanya, Richard O Nwonwu, F. O. C ISBN 0798302135 9780798302135

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