Africa has had slow growth and a massive exodus of capital. In many respects it has been
the most capital-hostile region. We review and interpret the aggregate-level and …

We distinguish between policy and “destiny” explanations of Africa's slow growth during the
past three decades. Policies were poor: high export taxation and inefficient public service …

Many of the'mega cities' of the global South face an escalating crisis in the adequate
provision of basic services such as water, housing and mass transit systems. Lagos-the …

Abstract The World Bank has provided an important leadership role in setting the agenda for
housing and land market analyses, and for identifying policy approaches. Although the Bank …

The Urban Management Programme (uMP) represents a major approach by the United
Nations family of organizations, together with external support agencies (ESAs), to …

Infrastructure has been identified as the key constraint to private sector development in
Nigeria. Hence, this study analysed the cost of power outages to the business sector of the …

The 1992 Rio Summit and subsequent literature and debate has focused on'green'issues
such as biodiversity, climate change and marine pollution. Much less has been written …

Urban infrastructure, particularly water supply, sanitation, drainage and solid-waste
management, is essential if improvement is to be made to the urban environment …

Orientation: The paper investigates the situation facing SME's in Nigeria, who have to
function in an environment with depleted infrastructure. Research purpose: To examine the …

The Urban Management Programme (UMP) represents a major approach by the United
Nations family of organizations, together with external support agencies (ESAs), to …