Tropical gangsters

Author(s)

• Klitgaard, Robert E.

Bibliographic Information

Tropical gangsters

Robert Klitgaard

I.B. Tauris, 1991, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-276) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Klitgard, a former professor of economics at Harvard, describes his experiences in Equatorial Guinea, a country in which corruption flourishes among capitalist adventurers and government officials. This book describes the difficulties of implementing a development plan in such conditions.

Table of Contents

PREFACE. 1. Giving and Receiving. 2. A Passage to Guinea. 3. Witch Doctors. 4. Us versus Them. 5. Beginning to Move. 6. Technical Assistance. 7. Rehabilitation. 8. Dissolution. NOTES. INDEX.

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Details

• NCID: BA14250010
• ISBN:
  • 1850433070
• LCCN: 92136137
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 281 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC960
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Equatorial Guinea -- Economic policy
  • LCSH : Economic assistance -- Equatorial Guinea