| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Africa, turfs and trade : theoretical and historical framework -- Turf establishment and the development process : structural foundations of Ghana's timber industry -- Independence, instability and contested turfs : structural changes in the timber industry -- Turf reclamation strategies : neo-liberalism and the timber industry -- Turf recapture and consolidation for the timber trade : Ghana's economic recovery program -- Structural adjustment, the timber trade and turf degradation : political convenience and desperate deforestation -- Turf dynamics and conflicts, the timber trade and spatial integration -- Debt, dependence, turf control and Ghana's economy -- Conclusions and lessons for twenty-first century Africa. |
| Summary |
This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, it examines the scramble to control the timber trade by various political and socio-economic interests, from the colonial to the neo-liberal era, and identifies and distills lessons from Ghana's experience for Development policy and practice in Africa and comparable Developing countries in the 21st Century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Timber -- Economic aspects -- Ghana.
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Timber -- Economic aspects. |
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Ghana. |
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Timber. |
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Lumber trade -- Ghana.
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Lumber trade. |
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Neoliberalism -- Ghana.
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Neoliberalism. |
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Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Ghana.
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Structural adjustment (Economic policy) |
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Ghana -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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Ghana -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Owusu, J. Henry (John Henry), 1953- Africa, tropical timber, turfs and trade. Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2012 9780739174012 (DLC) 2012018318 (OCoLC)794176337 |
| ISBN |
0739174029 (electronic book) |
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9780739174029 (electronic book) |
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0739174010 |
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9780739174012 |
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1283584018 |
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9781283584012 |
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9786613896469 |
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6613896462 |
| Standard No. |
9786613896469 |
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