The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

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✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: New Directions in the History of Business and Development in Post-Colonial Africa
Post-colonial Development in Africa
European Business in Colonial and Post-colonial Africa
The Business of Development
References
Chapter 2: Business, the Commonwealth and the Rhetoric of Development: The Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce and Africa, 1945–1974
I
II
III
IV
V
References
Chapter 3: Adapting to Independence: The East Africa Association, Post-Colonial Business Networks and Economic Development
The Tanganyika Association and Decolonisation in East Africa
A Possible East Africa Committee
Membership and Benefits of the EAA
Development and Personal Networks
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Belgian Firms, Development Plans and the Independence of the Belgian Congo
Tractionel as a Colonial Economic Actor
GIDEC as a Trojan Horse
Building Independence from Private Actors
And What about the Congolese?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Oil Companies as Agents of Post-Colonial Relations: France, Algeria, and Italy in the Sahara
French Oil in the Sahara
Saharan Oil to the Algerians
Rogue Oil: Enrico Mattei and Oil Development Projects
Towards an Algerian Oil Industry
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: A Partner in Progress? Shell-BP’s Development Role in Nigeria During the Transition to Independence
‘Black Gold Hype’ and Managing Expectations
Shell-BP’s Independence Settlement with the Federal Government
Shell-BP’s Advance/Loan Deal with the Federal Government
Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: The ‘Know-How of the World is Mainly with Private Companies’: The Commonwealth Development Corporation and British Business in Post-Colonial Africa
CDC and the Benefits of Partnership with Private Enterprise
Private Enterprise and the Benefits of Partnership with CDC
Thinking British? CDC and British Business
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Decolonising Finance, Africanising Banking
Introduction
From the Origins of the Caisse Centrale to the First Steps of French Development Assistance
The First Step Towards Africanisation: The Africanisation of Personnel
The Africanisation of Ownership: The Multiplication of Development Banks
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: The European Development Fund, a Dowry for French Companies?
Business as Usual
The EDF: A Piggy Bank for French Firms
Dealing with the ‘Discrimination Issue’
Turning Local
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Displacing the French? Ivorian Development and the Question of Economic Decolonisation, 1946–1975
French-Style Decolonisation and the Evanescence of the Displacement
From Triangulation to State-Led Industrial Development
Large-Scale Development and the Triumph of Foreign Firms
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: European Private Sector and African Firms in EU-ACP Development Cooperation (1975–2000)
Introduction
Industrial Cooperation in the 1970s: Accelerating Business Development in ACP Countries
European Business Networks Around DG VIII in the 1970s
The European Commission between European and African Businesses in the late 1980s
A Neoliberal Version of Business Support in the 1990s—for ACP or European Companies?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Afterword
References
Index

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