In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a
few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the" …

" The Global South is relatively neglected in research about our" compartmentalised world".
The volume of publications on inequality has increased five-fold since 1992, but many of …

Since the Chinese economy has entered the new normal stage, the transformation of
China's coal-mining cities has drawn considerable attention at all levels of government in …

The “natural resource curse” thesis states that having an abundant natural resource is not a
favorable condition but is rather a limitation on economic growth. This study, which …

In many parts of Africa, societies that remain primarily rural are experiencing accelerated
urban growth and highly visible booms in property development. In the absence of …

This review highlights what has been learnt from research on West Africa's oil economy,
Ghana and what remains to be studied. The existing knowledge about the industry is both …

In 2013, a local content law was passed with the purpose of promoting internal and external
linkages between Ghana's oil and gas sector and the broader economy. An Enterprise …

This paper considers the foundations of contemporary African urban economies and how
these intersect with the evolution of urban politics, carving a route through a wide range of …

Monopolies continue to dominate world trade by controlling global production and
distribution chains. Neither free trade nor fair trade has transformed this system; the recent …

Africa's hitherto negative image is now being rapidly replaced by a new persona:'Africa on
the rise'. Developed mainly from Africa's growth experience, this re-imaging of Africa has …