Tropical Gangsters
One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Published on 31. December 1991
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-85043-307-1 (ISBN)
Description
Klitgard, a former professor of economics at Harvard, describes his experiences in Equatorial Guinea, a country in which corruption flourishes among capitalist adventurers and government officials. This book describes the difficulties of implementing a development plan in such conditions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-307-1 (9781850433071)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
PREFACE. 1. Giving and Receiving. 2. A Passage to Guinea. 3. Witch Doctors. 4. Us versus Them. 5. Beginning to Move. 6. Technical Assistance. 7. Rehabilitation. 8. Dissolution. NOTES. INDEX.