Policy Signals and Market Responses A 50-Year History of Zambia’s Relationship with Foreign Capital /

• Main Author: Barton, Stuart John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
• Subjects: Culture > Study and teaching.; Ethnology > Africa.; Investment banking.; Securities.; Capital market.; International economics.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Cultural and Media Studies.; African Culture.; International Economics.; Capital Markets.; Economic Policy.; Investments and Securities.; Development Economics.

The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia's independence, and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new government, this institutional mechanism still dominates...