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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1. Verfasser: De Silva, Nilani
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0773444602
9780773444607

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