The Politics of Government-Business Relations in Ghana, 1982-2008

Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case.

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DARKO KWABENA OPOKU is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College, USA.

Inhalt
Ghanaian Entrepreneurs and Ghanaian Governments The First Eighteen Months of PNDC Rule The Achievements and Limitations of Economic Reform Strains in Government-Business Relations, 19831991 Government-Business Relations in the Democratic Era The Changing Face of Ghanaian Business: The Rise of P/NDC Stalwarts NDC-Business Relations: The Case of Brong-Ahafo Constraints of the Institutional Environment on Capitalist Expansion The Theoretical Implications of Ghana's Experience