The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa / / edited by Véronique Dimier, Sarah Stockwell

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2020.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.96
• Soggetto topico: Africa - History; Imperialism; Europe - History; Economic development; Economic history; African History; Imperialism and Colonialism; European History; Development Studies; Economic History
• Persona (resp. second.): StockwellS. E.; DimierVéronique
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: New Directions in the History of Business and Development in Post-Colonial Africa; Véronique Dimier and Sarah Stockwell -- 2. Business, the Commonwealth and the Rhetoric of Development: The Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce and Africa, 1945–1974; Andrew Dilley -- 3. Adapting to Independence: The East Africa Association, Post-Colonial Business Networks and Economic Development; Poppy Cullen -- 4. Belgian Firms, Development Plans and the Independence of the Belgian Congo; Charlotte Strick -- 5. Oil Companies as Agents of Post-Colonial Relations: France, Algeria, and Italy in the Sahara; Marta Musso -- 6. A Partner in Progress? Shell-BP’s Development Role in Nigeria During the Transition to Independence; Christopher Minton -- 7. The ‘Know-How of the World is Mainly with Private Companies’: The Commonwealth Development Corporation and British Business in Post-Colonial Africa; Sarah Stockwell -- 8. Decolonizing Finance, Africanizing Banking- François Pacquement -- 9. The European Development Fund, a Dowry for French Companies?-Véronique Dimier -- 10. Displacing the French? Ivorian Development and the Question of Economic Decolonisation, 1946–1975- Abou B. Bamba -- 11. European Private Sector and African Firms in EU-ACP Development Cooperation (1975–2000)- Olivier Van den Bossche -- 12. Afterword- Véronique Dimier and Sarah Stockwell.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection brings together a range of case studies of European companies (most notably those of former colonial powers) and considers their involvement in development after European decolonisation. In this way, the book makes an original contribution to post-colonial studies. Individual chapters by both established and early career scholars examine the activities of foreign enterprise in various African states and the companies’ strategies to stay in Africa. They explore how businesses were not just challenged by the new international landscape but benefited from the opportunities it offered, particularly those provided by development aid. Together they constitute an important contribution to our understanding of both business and development in post-colonial Africa, redressing an imbalance in existing histories of both business and development which focus predominantly on the colonial period. This volume breaks new ground as one of the very first to bring the study of foreign companies and development aid into the same frame of analysis.
• Titolo autorizzato: The business of development in post-colonial Africa
• ISBN: 3-030-51106-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910447259103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, . 2635-1641