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China in Africa: The Case of Sudan
Authors: Abrami, Regina M.; Ajambo, Eunice
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk.
Coca-Cola in Africa: Increasing Productivity by Combating AIDS
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2008
Cocal-Cola has launched several initiatives to educate, protect and curb the AIDS crisis for its employees, in turn helping the economic growth of the whole region.
Phil Chan (A, B)
Authors: Beamish, Paul W.; Schaan, Jean-Louis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
The case deals with a scam that has been run out of Nigeria since 1990. In it, foreign companies are approached for their assistance in facilitating an international transfer of funds in order to receive a very large but unearned commission...
e-Waste: West Africa Continues to Drown in the Rich World's Obsolete Electronics
Author: Consumers International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Consumers International
Publication Year: 2008
Every month, hundreds of tons of obsolete computers, televisions and other household consumer electronics are arriving at ports in Ghana and Nigeria.
BHP Billiton and Mozal (A, B)
Authors: Hartman, Laura; Mead, Jenny
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resource company at the start of the 21st century, began a feasibility study in 1995 for building an aluminum smelter project in the Maputo province in southern Mozambique--one of the world’s poorest countries that was hampered by fragile legal, financial, and health, safety, environmental, and community institutional structures and capacity.
Death and Development in Africa
Authors: McMillan, John; Lorentzen, Peter; Wacziarg, Romain
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Springer Science+Business Media
Publication Year: 2008
Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, this paper argues that high adult mortality reduces economic growth by shortening time horizons. It finds that a greater risk of death during the prime productive years is associated with higher levels of risky behavior, high fertility, and lower investment in physical capital, and that adult mortality explains almost all of Africa's growth tragedy.
How Private Health Care Can Help Africa
Authors: Ghatak, Arnab; Lee, Tony M.; Hazlewood, Judith G.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2008
Although much of the attention on health care in sub-Saharan Africa centers on government activity, the private sector plays a surprisingly significant and growing role in meeting the region’s health care needs.
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A, B, C)
Authors: Mead, Jenny; Werhane, Patricia H.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
This case details the evolution of the AIDS crisis, Abbott Laboratories' HIV/AIDS drug production, and the company’s efforts--in 1999--to find other ways to battle HIV/AIDS globally.
The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development: Tackling HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa (A, B, C)
Authors: Mead, Jenny; Werhane, Patricia H.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
In 1998, Klaus Leisinger and Karin Schmitt of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development in Basel, Switzerland, were approached by a sociologist who wanted help in launching a pilot program in Tanzania to deal with the crisis of the more than 8 million HIV/AIDS-orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Standards & Guidelines for Sierra Leone's Artisanal Diamond Mining Sector
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Product Type: Cases
Source: Diamond Development Initiative International
Publication Year: 2008
The aim of this document is to provide practical information and guidance to officials, organizations and companies interested in the world of artisanal diamond mining. Communities are poorly informed about regulations, and there are few accessible information points to inform and guide them.
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