The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State

The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
Author: Crawford Young
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 522
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0299101134

Zaire, apparently strong and stable under Presdident Mobutu in the early 1970s, was bankrupt and discredited by the end of that decade, beset by hyperinflation and mass corruption, the populace forced into abject poverty. Why and how, in a new african state strategically located in Central Africa and rich in mineral resources, did this happen? How did the Zairian state become a “parasitic predator” upon its own people?

Entrepreneurs and Parasites

Entrepreneurs and Parasites
Author: Janet MacGaffey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107634903

Originally published in 1987, this book demonstrates the emergence of an indigenous bourgeoisie of local capitalists without political position in Zaire.

RBE

RBE
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2009
Genre: Economics
ISBN: