developmentstrategieswithtourism. Somecountrieswithverylimitedtourismpotentialhave emphasisedtourismintheirPovertyReductionStrategyPapers (PRSPs).Somewithstrongexistingtourismvirtuallyignorethe sector(Roe,2004).Evenwherecountrieswithanimportant tourismsectorhaverecogniseditspro-poorbenefitsinPRSPs (Malawi,Mozambique,...
In constructing a physical infrastructure for transport, industry, trade and tourism, the settlements of the poor are often the first to suffer or to be left standing and exposed to pollution, noise and crowding. Most important are the economic functions of poverty, as for lack of other ...
Bringing together cooperative development practiced throughout Latin America and Africa, Gagnon [10] emphasized that cooperatives in capitalist societies abandoned their role as social movements to become better integrated into the dominant capitalist system while cooperatives in socialist countries became littl...
Using the exchange rate to measure the level of China economy greatly understates China's role in the world economy, but using other measure indicators like PPP - Purchasing Power Parity –we find that China has surpassed the U.S. economy. Heavy dependency on exchange rate may cause some mis...
However, the report warns that: "Tanzania's high aid dependency makes its success in macroeconomic stabilisation vulnerable to sudden withdrawals of aid." Financial support from most donor organisations to Zanzibar was halted following political violence on the islands and this has had a lasting ...