Looting Africa: The Economics of Exploitation

By P. Bond. 2006

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Between a rock and a hard place: Freedom, flexibility, precarity and vulnerability in the gig economy in Africa (2020, unknown): “Much of Africa has endured decades of economic stagnation and has been structurally dependent upon foreign aid and exploitation of natural resources, resulting in industrial decline, growth of unemployment and widening inequality (Bond, 2006; Carmody, 2011).”
South Africa pushed to the limit: the political economy of change (2013, background): “There is also nothing on South Africa’s regional relations, which are feeding a debate on the nature of imperialism (see Alden and Soko 2005; Biel 2003; Bond 2012, 2006; Bracking 2003; Bracking and Harrison 2003; Lesufi 2006; Samson 2009).”
Competing hegemons? Chinese versus American geo-economic strategies in Africa (2007, background): “Thirteen of the 15 most important foreign companies operating in Sudan are Chinese (Servant, 2005), and Chinese companies are reported to buy 75% of Sudan’s ivory (Care for the Wild International cited in Bond, 2006).”
The Institutional Influence on the Location Strategies of Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies: Evidence from China's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (2016, background): “The Economist (2010) claims that, due to its opaque nature, China’s important role as a foreign investor has been interpreted as a threat to countries in the west and sub-Saharan Africa (Bond, 2006; Brautigam, 2009).”