The Last Emerging Market: From Asian Tigers to African Lions? The Ghana File (Hardcover)

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“...this is a very useful - and unique - study on prospects for development in Ghana.”–CHOICE

“This volume by Nathaniel Bowditch is a valuable and timely exposition of the business environment of an African country-Ghana. While students of African development will welcome the book, it will be even more treasured by students of African business, largely because it plugs a noticeable lacuna in the vast and rapidly growing scholarship on business environments around the world, particularly in this era of globalization...All told, the book is a well-researched, thorough, and lucid analysis of the evolving Ghanaian (African) business environment in the 21st century...Bowditch ought to be lauded for taking the initiative to contribute to the discussion and analysis of the new and evolving African business environment...will make a useful text for any course on African business.”–Journal of African Business

Book Description

Looks at Ghana as a would-be African economic lion and shows how tradition, culture, and lifestyle impact development.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (September 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275965880
• ISBN-13: 978-0275965884
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,722,930 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bowditch Is Bullish On Ghana, November 15, 2000

By	Charles M. Wyzanski (CAMBRIDGE, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I balked at paying $55 but this book has proved to be a bargain at the price. Bowditch has successfully distilled--in highly readable and enjoyable fashion--seven years of experience as a publicly financed developer of Ghana's newest national park. His insights are informed, not only by his impressive academic training (Harvard A.B. 1966; Princeton M.P.A. 1974), but by the obstacles he faced as a white American newcomer and the comparisons he can draw to his earlier endeavors in a number of countries in Asia and, before that, as Maine's Secretary for Economic Development. Bowditch's enthusiasm for Ghana is heartfelt and contagious. He gives many good reasons why Ghana is likely to be every bit as competitive in the new Millenium as were the so-called Asian Tigers at the end of the last. Whether or not Ghana will prove to be an African Lion, Bowditch can be said to be bullish on its prospects. His famous ancestor and namesake was known as "The Practical Navigator" of the open seas. This generation's Bowditch may well become the practical navigator for the American investor/entrepreneur, or those just interested in Ghana. I therefore highly recommend this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ghana and It's Future Opportunities, September 22, 2000

By	David Fick "Author: Africa: Continent of Econ... (Overland Park, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this book to be very interesting and well organized. The author's personal experiences keep your attention. They make it much easier to follow and understand the points the author is making as he examines Ghana as a country of potential opportunity in the economically emerging continent of Africa.