Policy Signals and Market Responses - A 50 Year History of Zambia''s Relationship With Foreign Capital

Zusatztext "The strength of this book is that it aims to shift the focus from Zambia's economic troubles away from forces outside its control ? . this is a well-researched and valuable book. With a dense bibliography and a clearly organized format! this book is heavily recommended for scholars of African economic development and others interested in the mechanisms behind economic growth." (Craig J. Richardson! EH.Net! March! 2016) Informationen zum Autor Stuart John Barton is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Doctoral Candidate, and member of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge, UK. Barton previously worked as a derivatives trader for Barclays Capital and HSBC in London, New York and Hong Kong, and now manages a Commodity Trading Advisor in New York. Klappentext The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia's independence, and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new government, this institutional mechanism still dominates and constrains Zambia's political economy today. Zusammenfassung The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia's independence! and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new government! this institutional mechanism still dominates and constrains Zambia's political economy today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction and Background 2. What the Literature Already Tells Us 3. Control - Responsibility and Risk (1964-1970) 4. Exclusion - Centralization and Contradiction (1970-1974) 5. Crisis - Decline and Denial (1975-1981) 6. Conditionality - Inertia and Adjustment (1981-1991) 7. Reform - Building Trust and Raising Capital (1991-2005) 8. Inclusion - Stability and Growth (2005-2014) 9. Zambia's 50 Year Relationship with Foreign Capital ...

Product details

• Authors: Stuart John Barton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137390974
• ISBN: 978-1-137-39097-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance; Palgrave Studies in the Histor; Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance; Palgrave Studies in the Histor
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Afrika, B, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Economic Policy, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, Finance, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Economics and Finance, Securities, International Economics, capital market, Political Economy, capital markets, Investments and Securities, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Investment & securities, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Finanzenwesen und Finanzindustrie